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[ wel-foun-did ] / ˈwɛlˈfaʊn dɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR well-founded ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving a foundation in fact; based on good reasons, information, etc.: well-founded suspicions. Origin of well-foundedMiddle English word dating back to 1325–75 Words nearby well-foundedwell-fitted, well-fixed, well-formed, well-fortified, well-found, well-founded, well-furnished, well-governed, well-groomed, well-grounded, well-guarded Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for well-foundedKim now knows the “well-founded fear” that asylum seekers must prove they have to be accepted by a host country. The Canadian Faulkner|Tom LeClair|June 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST Assumptions that the Republican nominee automatically wins statewide office in South Carolina are well-founded but not uniform. A GOP Star Falters|John Avlon|October 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST “His language is off the scale but his sense of injustice is often well-founded,” Ralph Nader told the Beast. Jerry Brown's Worst Enemy|Benjamin Sarlin|March 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST There was no proof at all, nothing to link him to the crime except some well-founded suspicion. John Grisham's Debut Short Story|John Grisham|October 26, 2009|DAILY BEAST
In some instances, from necessity; in others, from a well-founded distrust of the public. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16)|Thomas Hart Benton That there were many beliefs does not destroy the fact that there was one well-founded belief. A Miscellany of Men|G. K. Chesterton A well-founded horror of military barbarity had the effect of separating the soldier from the civilian by an impassable gulf. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6|Various Perhaps there was a well-founded feeling that they proved too much. A History of the United States|Cecil Chesterton As for Redroban, he and half a dozen of his men fled to the woods, in well-founded fear of Menendez. The History of Cuba, vol. 1|Willis Fletcher Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for well-founded
adjective (well founded when postpositive)having good groundswell-founded rumours Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to well-foundedfactual, solid, proven, substantiated |