Groundless
/ˈɡɹaʊndləs/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Without any grounds to support it; baseless.
"[B]e the consequences what they may, they shall not move an inch, nor a hair's-breadth from the ground of their groundless spiritual independence, […]"
Adjective
- 1 without a basis in reason or fact wordnet
Example
More examples"They are always believing a groundless rumor."
Etymology
From Middle English groundles, from Old English grundlēas, from Proto-Germanic *grundulausaz, equivalent to ground + -less. Cognate with Dutch grondeloos, German Low German grundlos, German grundlos, Danish grundløs, Swedish grundlös.