| 单词 | baseless |
| 释义 | baseless (once / 6224 pages) adj If something's baseless, it can't be proven or justified. A baseless accusation of cheating, for example, has no facts or evidence to back it up. Baseless facts in a research paper don't have sources — they may have simply come from the writer's own imagination. A baseless allegation is when one person accuses another of doing something wrong, without having any solid proof or reason for the accusation. The sense of base that baseless comes from is "foundation," from the Greek basis, "step or pedestal." WORD FAMILYbaseless: baselessly+/basal: basally/base: basal, based, baseless, basely, baseness, baser, bases, basest, basify, basilar, basing/baseness: basenesses USAGE EXAMPLES“The argument that we’re hurting our business climate is really baseless,” he said. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Rather than examine what’s really wrong with Metro, they cling to the baseless claim that Metro’s problems stem predominately from a lack of taxpayer funding. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) He supplied no evidence, and election-law experts say the claim is baseless. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) adj without a basis in reason or fact baseless gossip Syn groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild unsupported not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid |
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