groundless

English

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.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

groundless (comparative more groundless, superlative most groundless)

Without any grounds to support it; baseless.
- 2013, Delme Parfitt in Wales Online, Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win (3 November 2013)
  At that stage any fears among home fans of a possession monopoly by Laudrup's side were proving groundless, with Cardiff having their fair share of the ball and territory.

Derived terms

groundlessly
groundlessness

Translations

baseless

Bulgarian: неоснователен (bg) (neosnovatelen)
Finnish: perusteeton (fi), katteeton (fi), perätön (fi)
French: infondé (fr)
Georgian: უსაფუძვლო (usapuʒvlo), უმიზეზო (umizezo), უნიადაგო (uniadago)
German: grundlos (de), unbegründet (de)
Greek: αβάσιμος (el) m (avásimos)
Hungarian: alaptalan (hu)

Italian: infondato (it)
Maori: pakupaku
Norwegian:
Bokmål: grunnløs, grunnlaus, ubegrunnet
Nynorsk: grunnlaus
Spanish: infundado, sin fundamento

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