unfounded
/ʌnˈfaʊndɪd
/adjective
Having no foundation or basis in fact: her fear that she had cancer was unfounded...
- From there on rational thought was lost in a fug of unfounded speculation.
- It's my own duty to expose Caz for the flimsy lies and unfounded insults she slaps up here on a weekly basis.
- Mr Grant's letter was far from accurate, in fact the statements he made would appear to be unfounded.
Synonyms
groundless, baseless, unsubstantiated, unproven, unsupported, uncorroborated, untested, unconfirmed, unverified, unattested, unjustified, unwarranted, foundationless, ill-founded, without basis, without foundation, not backed up by evidence;
speculative, conjectural, idle, vain, unsound, unreliable, questionable, misinformed, misguided, spurious, specious, fallacious, erroneous, fabricated, untrue, trumped-up
Derivatives
unfoundedly
- The most effective and educated way to encourage acceptance of one way of life is hardly to unfoundedly denounce others.
- Yet Virginia Beach policy, which O'Reilly unfoundedly blames for the death of the two girls, is in complete accordance with the Virginia state code.
- Your article, unfoundedly, paints a very gloomy picture of what is, in fact, a great opportunity for Canadian investment.
unfoundedness
- This lack of unfoundedness, especially for the audience, is what makes the film so disturbing.
- But nonetheless, he would wind up pointing out to them the unfoundedness of some of their most fundamental assumptions.
- This proposition has only to be stated clearly for its unfoundedness to be clear.
Rhymes
- at it
- at its (or someone's) worst
- Ativan
- -ative
- Atkins diet
- Atkinson, Sir Harry
- ATL
- Atlanta
- Atlantan
- Atlantean
- atlantes
- Atlantic
- Atlantic, Battle of the
- Atlantic Charter
- Atlantic City
- Atlantic halibut
- Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
- Atlanticism
- Atlanticist
- Atlantic Ocean
- Atlantic Provinces
- Atlantic ridley
- Atlantic seal
- Atlantic time
- Atlantis