Sudden and infrequent changes of many inputs clearly undermine stability.
The proposed changes to the law that will be presented to the public on Jan. 19 do not undermine the law's integrity.
These changes in agriculture undermined the communal traditions which had been the basis of Indian village life.
But the banks say an 11th-hour change to the draft, prompted by lobbying from some of Europe's stock exchanges, will undermine it.
With changes in the computer industry undermining its longstanding dominance, the company reported a loss of $2.83 billion last year.
Government officials have been at pains to stress that the changes will not undermine the rights of employees.
The government anticipated a financial saving of at least -120m a year with abolition, but denied that the change would undermine local democracy.
Some suggest that such a change would undermine the constitutional role of the department, nominally at least.
Will the changes proposed today support or undermine his vision?
Hudson felt strongly that any change, especially an insensitive or radical one, could undermine Baker's performance.