Groundless
['graʊn(d)lɪs] or ['ɡraʊndləs]
Definition
(a.) Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Vain, supposititious, unfounded, baseless, fanciful, gratuitous, chimerical,false
ANT:Well-founded, substantial, authoritative, actual, authentic
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Examples
- It is groundless. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- What then can we look for from this confusion of groundless and extraordinary opinions but error and falshood? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Those whom you have disarmed to satisfy groundless suspicions, will you leave them exposed to the armed madmen of your country? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This observation was not altogether groundless: going to church, &c. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But my astonishment was groundless. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This notion, however, seems to be altogether groundless. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And it is from his own lips that I know how wicked and groundless my jealousy was; and that you were pure--oh, yes, you were pure, my saint in heaven! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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