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Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or quality of being groundless.

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  • noun The state or condition of being groundless.

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  • noun the quality of lacking substance or value

Etymologies

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groundless +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • According to an early metaphor, he seeks to "lay the groundwork" for metaphysics, but later on he speaks rather of the "groundlessness" or "abyss" Abgrund that his question opens up.

    Archive 2008-07-01 enowning 2008

  • And that's why I used earlier on the admittedly quite controversial word, 'groundlessness'.

    Not Being Serious: Thomas Merton and Karl Barth 2008

  • According to an early metaphor, he seeks to "lay the groundwork" for metaphysics, but later on he speaks rather of the "groundlessness" or "abyss" Abgrund that his question opens up.

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  • I have learned that when we accept the "groundlessness" of that, as the Tibetan Buddhist Pema Chodron says, when we breathe into it and find that there is actually comfort in the not-knowing, it's easy to hold that space.

    Laura Munson: Certain Uncertainty Laura Munson 2012

  • I have learned that when we accept the "groundlessness" of that, as the Tibetan Buddhist Pema Chodron says, when we breathe into it and find that there is actually comfort in the not-knowing, it's easy to hold that space.

    Laura Munson: Certain Uncertainty Laura Munson 2012

  • It's about experiencing the groundlessness of the teaching moment instead of hiding in self-doubt or hardening yourself by being a know-it-all or sticking to your material.

    Tara Sophia Mohr: Teach Now: An Interview with Jennifer Louden Tara Sophia Mohr 2011

  • Earthquakes, especially catastrophic ones, shake our confidence in the very ground we stand on and confront us with the groundlessness of our existence, wherein no certainty, safety, or continuity of being can be assured.

    Robert D. Stolorow: Japan's Earthquake and Apocalyptic Terror Robert D. Stolorow 2011

  • I have learned that when we accept the "groundlessness" of that, as the Tibetan Buddhist Pema Chodron says, when we breathe into it and find that there is actually comfort in the not-knowing, it's easy to hold that space.

    Laura Munson: Certain Uncertainty Laura Munson 2012

  • Earthquakes, especially catastrophic ones, shake our confidence in the very ground we stand on and confront us with the groundlessness of our existence, wherein no certainty, safety, or continuity of being can be assured.

    Robert D. Stolorow: Japan's Earthquake and Apocalyptic Terror Robert D. Stolorow 2011

  • I have learned that when we accept the "groundlessness" of that, as the Tibetan Buddhist Pema Chodron says, when we breathe into it and find that there is actually comfort in the not-knowing, it's easy to hold that space.

    Laura Munson: Certain Uncertainty Laura Munson 2012

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