groundless
- adjective
- /ˈɡraʊndləs/
- The argument that the test is biased against non-Asian minorities is, however, groundless.
- quite groundless
He thinks that's just as much groundless, you know, silliness as anything else.
- He thinks that's just as much groundless, you know, silliness as anything else.
- And right now it's about the thing that's certain when people feel groundless is they feel certain in their home.
- So it's not just that you say, Oh well, we've found, you know, that everything is groundless and there's a void within us.
- It is design itself because the truth of metaphysics dwells in this groundless ground.
- And then eventually that fear, that ego, it all just was gone and it was just groundless.
Examples
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I do care that Scott Brown is engaging in groundless, irrelevant attacks on her character.
Blog text (20) -
Evidently, our fears are groundless.
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Then there must be no doubt in your mind, the charge is groundless.
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Sir, I'd like to tell you that this is completely groundless.
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- Your fears are groundless.
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This groundless dread must finally be put to rest.
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Whatever suspicions you may be harboring are quite groundless.
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Suspicions of marital infidelity are, more often than not, groundless.
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And, over time, all the fears and worries that Ria had blurted out to her sister proved groundless.
Fiction book (1999) -
Many people believe the rumor is groundless and lacks any evidence to support it.
Synonyms
No facts or proof support it
Not supported by facts or proof
Not having a good reason or official permission
Has no facts or good reasons to support it
Not based on facts or evidence
Not based on real facts or evidence
Not supported by facts or evidence
Antonyms
How Unjustified
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Groundless is made of ground and -less. Ground means 'basis' or 'foundation' and -less means 'without', so groundless means 'without a basis', not based on facts or good reason.