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Webster 1913 Edition
Unfounded
Un-found′ed
,Adj.
1.
Not founded; not built or established.
Milton.
2.
Having no foundation; baseless; vain; idle;
as,
. unfounded
expectationsPaley.
Webster 1828 Edition
Unfounded
UNFOUND'ED
, a.1.
Not founded; not built or established.2.
Having no foundation; vain; idle; as unfounded expectations.Definition 2024
unfounded
unfounded
English
Adjective
unfounded (not comparable)
- Having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts.
- Not having been founded or instituted.
- 1980, Helen Louise Gardner, John Carey, English Renaissance studies (page 268)
- Even the great world as yet undiscovered, the cities as yet unfounded, and the history as yet unwritten, are lost: fallen from the beginning.
- 1980, Helen Louise Gardner, John Carey, English Renaissance studies (page 268)
Synonyms
- (not based on solid reasons or facts): baseless, groundless, ungrounded
Translations
not based on solid reasons or facts
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