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groundless

[ground-lis]

adjective

without rational basis: groundless fears.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English: bottomless, unfathomable; Old English grundlēas. See ground¹, -less

Related forms

ground·less·ly, adverb

ground·less·ness, noun

Synonyms
baseless, unfounded, unjustified, idle.

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groundless (ˈɡraʊndlɪs)

—*adj*
	without reason or justification: his suspicions were groundless

'groundlessly

—*adv*

'groundlessness

—n

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