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单词 unfounded
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Definition of unfounded in English:

unfounded

adjectiveʌnˈfaʊndɪdˌənˈfaʊndəd
  • Having no foundation or basis in fact.

    无事实根据的

    her fear that she had cancer was unfounded

    她始终害怕自己得了癌症,这是毫无根据的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But their fears proved unfounded because half the building is effectively below street level.
    • The report said that warnings about foundation trusts had so far been unfounded.
    • It's my own duty to expose Caz for the flimsy lies and unfounded insults she slaps up here on a weekly basis.
    • Yet the government's worry about loosening the restrictions was not unfounded.
    • So the great war hero is going to bring up unfounded accusations against George Bush.
    • From there on rational thought was lost in a fug of unfounded speculation.
    • Furthermore, I deeply deplore the unfounded allegations and personal insults put forth in the letter.
    • Wilson's fear that this opens the door to Nationalism seems unfounded because the future is already here and it works.
    • He said fears reduced spending would harm improvements to roads and footpaths were unfounded.
    • I hope the passage of time proves these fears unfounded and that the province moves into an era of greater peace and prosperity.
    • To our utter disbelief, the story turned out to be totally unfounded, without a grain of truth.
    • Solicitors representing the University claim that the grounds of the boycott are unfounded.
    • It was all very negative and most of it was unfounded and/or hyperbole which I was able to refute fairly easily and did so.
    • Mr Grant's letter was far from accurate, in fact the statements he made would appear to be unfounded.
    • Instead, they want all complaints subjected to a vetting process to weed out those that are malicious or unfounded.
    • In the new democratic system that is now operating, both views are unfounded.
    • The company has yet to remark whether the report was founded or unfounded.
    • It's really important to get beyond those completely unfounded generalizations.
    • It comes from an unfounded suspicion that we will use new science and technology to destroy the planet, and ourselves.
    • Once I got home from work though, I quickly discovered that it was an unfounded suspicion.
    Synonyms
    groundless, baseless, unsubstantiated, unproven, unsupported, uncorroborated, untested, unconfirmed, unverified, unattested, unjustified, unwarranted, foundationless, ill-founded, without basis, without foundation, not backed up by evidence
    speculative, conjectural, idle, vain, unsound, unreliable, questionable, misinformed, misguided, spurious, specious, fallacious, erroneous, fabricated, untrue, trumped-up

Derivatives

  • unfoundedly

  • adverb
    • It will hurt those who have imposed on the British taxpayer needlessly, fraudulently, frivolously, maliciously and unfoundedly.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Your article, unfoundedly, paints a very gloomy picture of what is, in fact, a great opportunity for Canadian investment.
      • Not only that, you also bug me because of your lack of tact in unconstructively attempting to rubbish a purchase someone has made - the camera does exactly what he wants and needs it to do - why unfoundedly slate it at all?
      • The most effective and educated way to encourage acceptance of one way of life is hardly to unfoundedly denounce others.
      • Yet Virginia Beach policy, which O'Reilly unfoundedly blames for the death of the two girls, is in complete accordance with the Virginia state code.
  • unfoundedness

  • noun
    • This lack of unfoundedness, especially for the audience, is what makes the film so disturbing.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Let me now draw the attention of the Commission to specific provisions of the draft resolution to show once more their unfoundedness and mendacity.
      • Here too, the actual situation, which may be reviewed by everybody, proves without any waste of words the unfoundedness of this allegation.
      • This proposition has only to be stated clearly for its unfoundedness to be clear.
      • But nonetheless, he would wind up pointing out to them the unfoundedness of some of their most fundamental assumptions.

Rhymes

unbounded, ungrounded

Definition of unfounded in US English:

unfounded

adjectiveˌənˈfoundədˌənˈfaʊndəd
  • Having no foundation or basis in fact.

    无事实根据的

    her persistent fear that she had cancer was unfounded

    她始终害怕自己得了癌症,这是毫无根据的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mr Grant's letter was far from accurate, in fact the statements he made would appear to be unfounded.
    • It's my own duty to expose Caz for the flimsy lies and unfounded insults she slaps up here on a weekly basis.
    • He said fears reduced spending would harm improvements to roads and footpaths were unfounded.
    • It was all very negative and most of it was unfounded and/or hyperbole which I was able to refute fairly easily and did so.
    • In the new democratic system that is now operating, both views are unfounded.
    • From there on rational thought was lost in a fug of unfounded speculation.
    • To our utter disbelief, the story turned out to be totally unfounded, without a grain of truth.
    • The company has yet to remark whether the report was founded or unfounded.
    • So the great war hero is going to bring up unfounded accusations against George Bush.
    • I hope the passage of time proves these fears unfounded and that the province moves into an era of greater peace and prosperity.
    • Wilson's fear that this opens the door to Nationalism seems unfounded because the future is already here and it works.
    • Once I got home from work though, I quickly discovered that it was an unfounded suspicion.
    • Solicitors representing the University claim that the grounds of the boycott are unfounded.
    • Furthermore, I deeply deplore the unfounded allegations and personal insults put forth in the letter.
    • Yet the government's worry about loosening the restrictions was not unfounded.
    • It's really important to get beyond those completely unfounded generalizations.
    • Instead, they want all complaints subjected to a vetting process to weed out those that are malicious or unfounded.
    • But their fears proved unfounded because half the building is effectively below street level.
    • The report said that warnings about foundation trusts had so far been unfounded.
    • It comes from an unfounded suspicion that we will use new science and technology to destroy the planet, and ourselves.
    Synonyms
    groundless, baseless, unsubstantiated, unproven, unsupported, uncorroborated, untested, unconfirmed, unverified, unattested, unjustified, unwarranted, foundationless, ill-founded, without basis, without foundation, not backed up by evidence
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