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adjectivehaving no base; without foundation; groundless: a baseless claim. Origin of baselessFirst recorded in 1600–10; base1 + -less Words nearby baselessbase hit, base hospital, BASE jump, base jumping, Basel, baseless, base level, baseline, baseliner, Basel-Land, base load Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for baselessBut I remain in prison on these baseless allegations while waiting for the chance to prove my innocence. An American Marine in Iran’s Prisons Goes on Hunger Strike|IranWire|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST These non-attitudes, or baseless opinions, can drag the data away from a position of reliability or usefulness. The Polls Are In: ISIS Is Outside Your Window|Jack Holmes|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Can misogynistic and baseless tabloid narratives go out of style? Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Got Married and We’re Worried About Jennifer Aniston|Kevin Fallon, Tim Teeman|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST And revolutionary courts often convict and sentence journalists to prison on these baseless charges. Forget About a Kindler Gentler Iran|Nina Strochlic|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Plus smears and baseless accusations are the fuel of modern politics. In Susan B. Anthony List Cast, Supreme Court Votes for the Right to Lie|Sally Kohn|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was miserable comfort to reflect, that their own baseless expectations had abetted the delusion, and made the ruin complete. A Lamp to the Path|W. K. Tweedie The divine development of the world is a great fact; the theory of atheistic evolution is only a baseless theory, a fiction. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith|Robert Patterson A glance at Cameron's commission will show how baseless is the charge. Sketches of the Covenanters|J. C. McFeeters The right, and it would be part proof that the landlord's suspicions were baseless. A Secret Inheritance (Volume 2 of 3)|B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon To his mind such an accusation was as base as it was baseless. The Red Cross Barge|Marie Belloc Lowndes
British Dictionary definitions for baseless
adjectivenot based on fact; unfoundeda baseless supposition Derived forms of baselessbaselessly, adverbbaselessness, 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 baselessunwarranted, unsubstantiated, gratuitous, unjustified, groundless, flimsy, untenable, unjustifiable, unfounded, unsupported, bottomless, reasonless, unconfirmed, uncorroborated |