ground·less

[ground-lis]
adjective
without rational basis: groundless fears.

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

ground·less·ly, adverb
ground·less·ness, noun


baseless, unfounded, unjustified, idle.
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groundless (ˈɡraʊndlɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
without reason or justification: his suspicions were groundless
 
'groundlessly
 
adv
 
'groundlessness
 
n

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Groundless is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
He insists that concerns over job losses and sovereignty are groundless.
The fear that vocational training will materialize and lower education is
  groundless, even in theory.
It is recognized that many allegations of malpractice are proven groundless.
Warner's worries about poor box-office returns proved groundless.
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