undermining

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act or process by which something is undermined.

   “The piece, titled You, calls up many references from the past and the present: from Michael Heizer's earthworks to Chris Burden's institutional underminings to Monica Bonvicini's simulations of the same.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of undermine

   “The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you[…] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.”