Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not based on fact or sound evidence; groundless. See Synonyms at baseless.
- adj. Not yet established.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not founded; not built or established. Having no foundation; vain; idle; baseless: as, unfounded expectations.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not founded; not built or established.
- adj. Having no foundation; baseless; vain; idle.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. without a basis in reason or fact
Examples
“Mr. da Silva, who is using his immense popularity to lift his former chief-of-staff Ms. Rousseff into the presidency, appeared on television this week to defend Ms. Rousseff against what he described as unfounded attacks.”
The Wall Street Journal: Probe Hits Ahead of Brazil Elections
“Our critics seem to shudder at what they call unfounded personal attacks.”
“Ngonyama said the DP had numerous platforms to use before running to the media with what he called unfounded allegations.”
“Newspapers, for undisclosed damages over what it called "unfounded rumours".”
“Pitino hopes the extension ends what he called unfounded speculation that he's considering leaving the Cardinals in pursuit of another job.”
“Pitino, 57, said he hoped the extension would end what he called unfounded speculation that he is considering leaving the Cardinals for another job.”
“Demonstrating that your claims are unfounded is no distraction.”
Think Progress » Chuck Todd: ‘The Tea Party gets a big benefit’ from Fox News’ promotion.
“Whether the concerns are unfounded is another issue but the feeling is certainly out there.”
“Each year, D.C. police report a handful of rape cases as "unfounded" -- meaning that after an investigation into a rape allegation, it is determined that no crime actually occurred.”
“Cablevision said the legal basis for it is "unfounded" - and vowed to fight efforts to make it share its local sports and news.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘unfounded’.
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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disinformation
words meaning bad or not real data
foo, gobbledygook, spin, blacklist, corrupt, fraudulent, debauched, nefarious, untrustworthy, spam, deranged, mental and 22 more...
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Words
My list of words.
veritable, facetious, nadir, quixotic, apropos, acquiesce, ostensible, insipid, egregious, inveterate, coax, adroit and 409 more...
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Un-word List
untrammelled, untoward, unenthusiastically, unenthusiastic, undaunted, uncanny, unceasing, unbridled, unacknowledged, unacquainted, unadorned, unaffected and 239 more...
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Not Quite The Real Thang
masquerade, sham, counterfeit, shyster, phoney, bogus, pseudo, artificial, fabricated, mock, concocted, false and 158 more...
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Reading Random
Got unknown words randomly
delinquency, modicum, dissuade, incendiary, destitute, lachrymose, plight, ruse, empirical, pedantic, demography, giggle and 444 more...
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GRE Words
Word list for GRE preparation. Words taken from reading and Kaplan GRE course.
remnant, grime, voracious, prod, ostracize, depradation, befuddle, pugnacious, sanguine, parvenu, peter, yearn and 38 more...
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Orbital
A collection of juicy words from Ian Sinclair's book, 'London Orbital'. In progress.
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