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baseless

[ beys-lis ]

adjective

  1. having no base; bases; without foundation; groundless:

    a baseless claim.



baseless

/ ˈbeɪslɪs /

adjective

  1. not based on fact; unfounded

    a baseless supposition



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Derived Forms

  • ˈbaselessness, noun
  • ˈbaselessly, adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of baseless1

First recorded in 1600–10; base 1 + -less

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Example Sentences

The baseless claims damaged Dominion’s reputation and business, the company said in its lawsuit against Giuliani.

The military and its proxy have since been alleging voter fraud, claims the election commission dismissed as baseless.

He warned top party officials that she had made several dangerous, baseless claims, and that she would tear apart the GOP if she won.

Greene drew criticism over her fringy endorsement of baseless conspiracy theories during her campaign, but her corner of Georgia is roughly 3-to-1 Republican.

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Now that Greene is in Congress, the situation has spun further out of control for the GOP, with a steady stream of revelations about her extreme views and advocacy for fringe causes and baseless claims.

But I remain in prison on these baseless allegations while waiting for the chance to prove my innocence.

These non-attitudes, or baseless opinions, can drag the data away from a position of reliability or usefulness.

Can misogynistic and baseless tabloid narratives go out of style?

And revolutionary courts often convict and sentence journalists to prison on these baseless charges.

But in federal court, if you pursue an “objectively baseless” claim, you can be sanctioned by the court (PDF) under Rule 11.

It was all unreal, as unreal as the baseless fabric of a dream; and yet it was real, wondrously real.

He presented flower after flower to her in that baseless morning dream, which was all too quickly ended.

Dr. Palfrey's language presents all such pretensions and proceedings as baseless and puerile.

Absurdly baseless as it is, it found believers in the old time among men of culture and intellectual force.

According to another legend equally baseless, he was lodged on the second and third floors of the Beauchamp tower.

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