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groundless Adjective without reason or justification: the scare turned out to be groundless
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groundless adjective baseless, false, unfounded, unjustified, unproven, empty, unauthorized, unsubstantiated, unsupported, uncorroborated << OPPOSITE well-founded  Translations groundless [ˈgraundlɪs] adj → infundado, sin fundamento groundless [ˈgraundlɪs] adj → sans fondement groundless [ˈgraundlɪs] ground adj → grundlos, unbegründet groundless [ˈgraundlɪs] adj → infondato/a |
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Critics, he says, jump at certain groundless conclusions; they pass adverse judgment and then proceed to reason on it; and, assuming that the poet has said whatever they happen to think, find fault if a thing is inconsistent with their own fancy. My fears were groundless, however, as the other Martians, at first struck dumb with wonderment, finally broke into wild peals of laughter and applause. Also, they used to pinch me as we were on our way to dinner or tea, and to make groundless complaints of me to the head mistress. |
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groundless - without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"
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