groundlessnessn.
/ˈɡraʊndlɪsnɪs/ The quality of being groundless, or without foundation; want of adequate reason.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [noun] > in actions, demands, etc. > as quality
unreasonabilitya1425
unreasonableness1529
groundlessness1661
baselessness1817
1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 42 Such examining Readers, as are rational enough to discern the groundlesnesse of one part of the Doctrine.
a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 123 The groundlessness of their clamours.
1817 Edinb. Rev. 29 114 The groundlessness of their former pleas.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 192 No proof of the groundlessness of the original charge availed..till they had paid for their deliverance.
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