Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having no ground or foundation; unsubstantiated: groundless optimism. See Synonyms at baseless.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Without ground or foundation; especially, having no adequate cause or reason; not authorized; baseless.
Wiktionary
- adj. Without any grounds to support it; baseless.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; baseless.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. without a basis in reason or fact
Etymologies
- ground + -less (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Chinese officials are warning the United States not to engage in what they call groundless smear attacks against Chinese products.”
“The Tories and the military have suggested the diplomat was duped by the Taliban into writing what they call groundless reports.”
“The claims advanced by Olint, though ultimately would proven to be groundless is very important because it, gave us a brief glimpse into the subtleties of judicial politics.”
Privy Council In Bank Ruling Wraps Jamaican Judiciary On the Knuckles, Part II : Law is Cool
“That these fears are completely groundless is shown by the members of both the main trading groups in Europe - the European Economic Community and the European Free Trade Association - all of whom have substantially increased their sales amongst each other as a direct result of the lowering and abolition of tariffs and the abandonment of restrictions between them.”
“Huawei: Motorola theft allegations 'groundless' -- Shanghai Daily |????”
“Seventy percent of the respondents called groundless litigation either a "small problem" or a "very small problem," and 15% said it was no problem at all.”
“SAFE responded with a statement on Friday denouncing such estimates as "groundless," and strongly denying that it faces any losses.”
The Wall Street Journal: Chinese Express Wary Faith in Fannie, Freddie Debt
“He has dismissed the accusations as "groundless" and said he is not worried by the trial.”
“Berlusconi has denied any wrongdoing, dismissing the accusations as "groundless" and the case as a "farce" and a "shame.”
USA Today: Italy's indicted Berlusconi says he's not worried
“The ministry offered no specifics of the plan but dismissed as "groundless" a report in the state-run China Daily on Tuesday that quoted an unnamed Commerce Ministry official saying next year's export quota could be cut up to 30%.”
The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Rare-Earth Miner Downplays China Worries
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Words ending with *more or *less, more or less. Many of theses terms also appear on the list The -less Said, which see.
schemaless, jobless, endless, useless, unless, guileless, wireless, regardless, homeless, nevertheless, countless, doubtless and 434 more...
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hopeless, bootless, groundless, luckless, artless, feckless, hapless, joyless, useless, penniless, childless, peerless and 310 more...
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