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单词 ill-founded
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Definition of ill-founded in English:

ill-founded

adjective
  • (especially of an idea or belief) not based on fact or reliable evidence.

    ill-founded criticism
    her fear may be ill-founded
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thus the argument is that attachments and loyalty are ill-founded if placed upon a human artifact, upon something man-made.
    • Patients will not be granted discovery where their claims are ill-founded, irresponsible and speculative allegations based merely on hope.
    • This is an insulting and ill-founded belief which I would advise you to reconsider.
    • By contrast, the Constitutional Court dismissed the appeal as ill-founded in respect of the right to property.
    • The barrage of well-meaning, but often ill-founded, criticism hardly makes a mother's job easier.
    • Subsequent campaigns showed that this belief was ill-founded.
    • In my view, that concept is ill-founded, as a matter of law.
    • So I'm happy that there's a protest even if it is a silly and ill-founded one.
    • Their example makes plain that saying I am merely interpreting Scripture actually proves nothing at all if the interpretation is ill-founded and unfaithful.
    • As it happens the attack was ill-founded and unjust; but the perception lingers.
    • There has been a lot of ill-founded and mischievous speculation about these arrests and some ill-considered and aggressive comment directed at our organisation.
    • It follows that this part of the application is inadmissible as being manifestly ill-founded…
    • Rather, it is the predictable result of ill-founded pedagogical choices.
    • Our Supreme Court's elimination-of-bias continuing education requirement is utterly ill-founded and obnoxious.
    • I have however held that that assumption is ill-founded.
    • The decision that an application is manifestly ill-founded can necessarily be taken only in relation to rights set forth in the European Convention.
    • On the other hand, the motion for contempt, a serious matter, was ill-founded, given the fact that the formal order was never taken out.
    • Consequently, the Court found that that part of the complaint was ill-founded.
    • But such suspicions are probably ill-founded.
    • Therefore, I conclude that the Warsaw Convention applies to this case and that the plaintiff's claim based on misrepresentation is ill-founded, both in fact and in law.
    Synonyms
    baseless, groundless, without foundation, foundationless, without basis, unjustified, unsupported
    unsubstantiated, unproven, unverified, uncorroborated, unconfirmed, unauthenticated, not backed up by evidence, speculative, conjectural
    unsound, unreliable, questionable, misinformed, misguided, spurious, trumped-up
 
 

Definition of ill-founded in US English:

ill-founded

adjectiveˈɪl ˈˌfaʊndədˈil ˈˌfoundəd
  • (especially of an idea or belief) not based on fact or reliable evidence.

    ill-founded criticism
    her fear may be ill-founded
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have however held that that assumption is ill-founded.
    • In my view, that concept is ill-founded, as a matter of law.
    • Patients will not be granted discovery where their claims are ill-founded, irresponsible and speculative allegations based merely on hope.
    • By contrast, the Constitutional Court dismissed the appeal as ill-founded in respect of the right to property.
    • Rather, it is the predictable result of ill-founded pedagogical choices.
    • There has been a lot of ill-founded and mischievous speculation about these arrests and some ill-considered and aggressive comment directed at our organisation.
    • On the other hand, the motion for contempt, a serious matter, was ill-founded, given the fact that the formal order was never taken out.
    • But such suspicions are probably ill-founded.
    • Our Supreme Court's elimination-of-bias continuing education requirement is utterly ill-founded and obnoxious.
    • It follows that this part of the application is inadmissible as being manifestly ill-founded…
    • The barrage of well-meaning, but often ill-founded, criticism hardly makes a mother's job easier.
    • Subsequent campaigns showed that this belief was ill-founded.
    • So I'm happy that there's a protest even if it is a silly and ill-founded one.
    • Therefore, I conclude that the Warsaw Convention applies to this case and that the plaintiff's claim based on misrepresentation is ill-founded, both in fact and in law.
    • Consequently, the Court found that that part of the complaint was ill-founded.
    • Their example makes plain that saying I am merely interpreting Scripture actually proves nothing at all if the interpretation is ill-founded and unfaithful.
    • The decision that an application is manifestly ill-founded can necessarily be taken only in relation to rights set forth in the European Convention.
    • This is an insulting and ill-founded belief which I would advise you to reconsider.
    • Thus the argument is that attachments and loyalty are ill-founded if placed upon a human artifact, upon something man-made.
    • As it happens the attack was ill-founded and unjust; but the perception lingers.
    Synonyms
    baseless, groundless, without foundation, foundationless, without basis, unjustified, unsupported
 
 
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