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▪ I. unˈfounded, ppl. a.1
[un-1 8 + found v.1]
Having no foundation or basis; chiefly fig., groundless, unwarranted.
1648Hexham ii, Ongegrondet, Vngrounded, or Vnfounded. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 829, I..one for all My self expose, with lonely steps to tread Th' unfounded deep. 1785Burke Nabob of Arcot Wks. IV. 282 These debts..[he] at one stroke expunged..as utterly irrecoverable; he might have added, as utterly unfounded. 1828Lytton Pelham I. xxxiv, I advance a claim not altogether new and unfounded. 1855Orr's Circ. Sci., Inorg. Nat. 129 Vague speculations and unfounded theories concerning the origin of things. 1883Law Rep. 11 Q.B.D. 593 The imputation..was altogether unfounded and absurd.
Hence unˈfoundedly adv.
1820Scott Monast. xxvi, I should wish to know the author..of all these suspicions, so unfoundedly urged against me. 1883Law Times Rep. XLIX. 251/1 Bringing a civil action, however unfoundedly.
Add: unˈfoundedness n.
1808R. Alsop tr. Molina's Geogr., Nat. & Civil Hist. Chili I. iii. 114 The leaves of this shrub were formerly considered by the husbandmen as poisonous to cattle, but modern experiments have proved the unfoundedness of this opinion. 1951Koestler Age of Longing 194 The unfoundedness of the public's apprehensions was once more demonstrated beyond doubt. 1982N.Y. Times 19 Aug. a7/6 The Moscow radio said, ‘The absurdity and unfoundedness of this claim are obvious.’
▪ II. † unˈfounded, ppl. a.2 Obs.
[un-1 8 + found v.3]
Not numbed or powerless.
14..Sege Jerusalem (E.E.T.S.) 35/618 Þei wynnen vp whyȝtly þe walles to kepe, Fresche vnfounded folke. |