Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having no ground or foundation; unsubstantiated: synonym: baseless.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without ground or foundation; especially, having no adequate cause or reason; not authorized; baseless.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; baseless
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Without any grounds to support it;
baseless .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective without a basis in reason or fact
Etymologies
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Examples
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Chinese officials are warning the United States not to engage in what they call groundless smear attacks against Chinese products.
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The Tories and the military have suggested the diplomat was duped by the Taliban into writing what they call groundless reports.
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The Tories and the military have suggested the diplomat was duped by the Taliban into writing what they call groundless reports.
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The Tories and the military have suggested the diplomat was duped by the Taliban into writing what they call groundless reports.
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The Tories and the military have suggested the diplomat was duped by the Taliban into writing what they call groundless reports.
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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 2009
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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.
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Huawei: Motorola theft allegations 'groundless' -- Shanghai Daily |????
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Huawei: Motorola theft allegations 'groundless' -- Shanghai Daily |????
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Huawei: Motorola theft allegations 'groundless' -- Shanghai Daily |????
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