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adjective
Date: 1602
having no ground or foundation <groundless fears> • groundlessly adverb • groundlessness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
groundless
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Groundless — Ground less, a. [AS. grundle[ a]s bottomless.] Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; baseless; as, groundless fear; a groundless report, rumor, or assertion. {Ground less*ly}, adv. {Ground… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
groundless — I adjective baseless, empty, erroneous, fallacious, false, ill founded, inaccurate, paralogistic, unfounded, unjustifiable, unreal, unreasonable, unsound, unsubstantiated, unsupported, unsustainable, unsustained, untenable, untrue, unwarranted,… … Law dictionary
groundless — O.E. grundleas bottomless, unfathomable, vast; see GROUND (Cf. ground) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less). Figurative sense of unfathomable is from early 14c. Related: Groundlessly; groundlessness … Etymology dictionary
groundless — *baseless, unfounded, unwarranted Analogous words: unsupported, unsustained (see corresponding affirmative verbs at SUPPORT) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
groundless — [adj] without reason, justification baseless, bottomless, causeless, chimerical, empty, false, flimsy, foundationless, gratuitous, idle, illogical, illusory, imaginary, unauthorized, uncalled for, unfounded, unjustified, unprovoked, unsupported,… … New thesaurus
groundless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not based on any good reason … English terms dictionary
groundless — [ground′lis] adj. without reason or cause; unjustified groundlessly adv. groundlessness n … English World dictionary
groundless — [[t]gra͟ʊndləs[/t]] ADJ: usu v link ADJ If you say that a fear, accusation, or story is groundless, you mean that it is not based on evidence and is unlikely to be true or valid. Fears that the world was about to run out of fuel proved groundless … English dictionary
groundless — ground|less [ˈgraundləs] adj not based on facts or reason ≠ ↑well founded ▪ Fortunately my suspicions proved groundless . ▪ Mr Kay s lawyer said the accusations were groundless … Dictionary of contemporary English
groundless — adjective groundless fears, worries etc are unnecessary because there are no facts to base them on: Fortunately my suspicions proved groundless … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
