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[ ground-lis ] / ˈgraʊnd lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR groundless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivewithout rational basis: groundless fears. Origin of groundlessbefore 900; Middle English: bottomless, unfathomable; Old English grundlēas.See ground1, -less SYNONYMS FOR groundlessbaseless, unfounded, unjustified, idle. SEE SYNONYMS FOR groundless ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM groundlessground·less·ly, adverbground·less·ness, nounWords nearby groundlessground ivy, groundkeeper, ground lamella, ground landlord, ground layer, groundless, groundling, ground log, ground loop, groundmass, ground meristem Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for groundlessI can say all of this without hesitation because these concerns have been investigated and found to be groundless. Pediatrician: Vaccinate Your Kids—Or Get Out of My Office|Russell Saunders|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST “It is not a question of starting an investigation over a case that is groundless,” he said. Somalia Jails Woman and Journalist Over Soldier Rape Claims|Laila Ali|February 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST At the most basic legal level, the charges of plagiarism are groundless. Is Bob Dylan a Phony?|Sean Wilentz|April 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST He then acknowledged that the notion of "a methodical regularity" in the Essay on Criticism was a "groundless opinion." The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10)|Alexander Pope
You would be surprised if you knew the number of complaints made to us, which, on investigation, turn out to be groundless. Post Haste|R.M. Ballantyne But a still more satisfactory answer is, that the apprehension of danger is groundless, and therefore the whole argument fails. Select Speeches of Daniel Webster|Daniel Webster But soon after, a lieutenant of the artillery came in with a groundless report that Green had received reinforcements. Recollections with the Third Iowa Regiment|Seymour D. (Seymour Dwight) Thompson I was, at first, inclined to suspect in my friend some capricious and groundless antipathy. Arthur Mervyn|Charles Brockden Brown
British Dictionary definitions for groundless
adjectivewithout reason or justificationhis suspicions were groundless Derived forms of groundlessgroundlessly, adverbgroundlessness, nounCollins 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 groundlessbaseless, unwarranted, illogical, gratuitous, illusory, unjustified, flimsy, unfounded, false, unsupported, bottomless, chimerical, empty, idle, imaginary, unauthorized, uncalled-for, causeless, unprovoked |