ungrounded

Examples

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• We should be able to evaluate the character's fear as ungrounded (for instance, that there is no monster under the bed) or predict that sadness will eventually be replaced by joy.

  Academic text (2013)

• Without such a dialogue, teachings about human rights, democracy, and the limited ends of legitimate government tend to produce only ungrounded opinions.

  Academic text (1994)

• The present case is disturbing precisely because it is so ungrounded in need.

  Blog text (4)

• When each of those roles goes its own way, as it is so convenient for each to do, theory becomes academic and practice becomes ungrounded.

  Academic text (2014)

• Fortunately, ungrounded assumptions are sometimes exposed.

  Academic text (1995)

• But their accounts could be dismissed as ungrounded in fact, as merely the observations of disgruntled former employees.

  Academic text (2018)

• Without historians to preserve records and to make clear to the public these links to the past, imagine how ungrounded we would be as a nation.

  Academic text (2011)

• You could write several books addressing the flaws in argument and the ungrounded assumptions he's made in just the few posts here.

  Blog text (2)

• Millennial fears of the end of the world are not ungrounded given the accumulated realities of environmental stress and the lingering threat of nuclear disasters and ecological collapse.

  Academic text (2000)

• Her fears about the project being canceled were ungrounded, as the funding was secured.

Synonyms

U

unsubstantiated

vsungrounded

38 7.5

Not supported by facts or proof

applies to absence of facts or firm foundation rather than only missing proof

G

groundless

vsungrounded

8 6.7

Has no facts or good reason to support it

is used when something lacks facts or a solid foundation rather than judging truth

A

anchorless

vsungrounded

1 6.8

Having no firm base or sense of belonging

refers to absence of facts or solid evidence rather than mere feeling of instability

U

unshored

vsungrounded

9.9

Not supported by facts or evidence

is used for literal lack of facts, evidence, or firm foundation

F

foundationless

vsungrounded

7.5

Not based on real facts or evidence

focuses on being without facts or evidence rather than detailed base types

U

unfound

vsungrounded

7.2

Not based on facts or evidence

emphasizes the lack of a firm foundation rather than only missing evidence

U

unanchored

vsungrounded

6.7

Not having firm support or a steady base and often feeling unsure

is used for missing factual or evidential support rather than emotional instability

Antonyms

G

grounded

4.2

Based on solid facts or clear evidence

How Grounded

established

4.2

well-founded

10 4.2

plausible

129 7.2

ungrounded

1 6.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology