as in unreasonable
having no basis in reason or fact
please stop making groundless accusations against innocent people fears of a strike proved groundless
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Recent Examples of groundless
The rider who smashed his phone insisted in an interview with Chinese state media that the complaint lodged against him was groundless.
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Chris Lau, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Lively’s attorneys, Mike Gottlieb and Esra Hudson, blasted the suit as legally groundless and an effort to silence her.
—Elizabeth Rosner, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The bill was first introduced last year as Republicans focused on noncitizen voting
Ahead of the 2024 election, Trump and his allies repeated the groundless claim that Democrats planned to cheat by encouraging noncitizens to illegally vote.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
The claims of an invasion of the Eastern seaboard by swarms of drones has every marker of a groundless social media frenzy.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Chris Lau, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Lively’s attorneys, Mike Gottlieb and Esra Hudson, blasted the suit as legally groundless and an effort to silence her.
—Elizabeth Rosner, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
The bill was first introduced last year as Republicans focused on noncitizen voting
Ahead of the 2024 election, Trump and his allies repeated the groundless claim that Democrats planned to cheat by encouraging noncitizens to illegally vote.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
The claims of an invasion of the Eastern seaboard by swarms of drones has every marker of a groundless social media frenzy.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for groundless
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In making arrests, the federal government allegedly went against both immigration laws and the Fourth Amendment, which protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government, the plaintiffs argue.—
Laura Rodríguez Presa,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Medical device safety alert: issued in situations where a medical device may present an unreasonable risk of substantial harm.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
3 July 2025
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The findings show a growing generational divide in workplace confidence, and these fears are not necessarily unfounded.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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But any concerns that a lack of American support now will carry over to next year’s FIFA World Cup – in which the U.S. will play its group games in Southern California and Seattle – are probably unfounded.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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“Groundless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groundless. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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