Meaning of GROUNDLESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'grawndlis
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| | Definition: | | [adj] without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" |
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| | Synonyms: | | baseless, idle, unfounded, unsupported, unwarranted |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ground"less\, a. [AS. grundle['a]s bottomless.]
Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for
support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a
groundless report or assertion. -- {Ground"less*ly}, adv. --
Ground"less*ness, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | baseless, bottomless, built on sand, chimerical, empty, flimsy, gratuitous, hypothetical, idle, ill-founded, illusory, imaginary, inconclusive, indecisive, not following, not proved, not well-founded, speculative, suppositional, tenuous, unascertained, unattested, unauthenticated, unbased, uncalled-for, uncertified, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, undemonstrated, undetermined, unestablished, unfixed, unfounded, ungrounded, unjustifiable, unjustified, unproved, unproven, unreasonable, unsettled, unshown, unsound, unsubstantiated, unsupportable, unsupported, unsupported by evidence, unsustainable, unsustained, untenable, untested, untried, unvalidated, unverified, unwarranted, vain, without basis, without foundation, without grounds |
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