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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-us-groundless.ogg Forms: more groundless [comparative], most groundless [superlative]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|groundles}} Middle English groundles, {{inh|en|ang|grundlēas}} Old English grundlēas, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*grundulausaz}} Proto-Germanic *grundulausaz, {{af|en|ground|-less}} ground + -less, {{cog|nl|grondeloos}} Dutch grondeloos, {{cog|nds-de|grundlos}} German Low German grundlos, {{cog|de|grundlos}} German grundlos, {{cog|da|grundløs}} Danish grundløs, {{cog|sv|grundlös}} Swedish grundlös Head templates: {{en-adj}} groundless (comparative more groundless, superlative most groundless)
  1. Without any grounds to support it; baseless. Synonyms: baseless, unfounded, unsupported Derived forms: groundlessly, groundlessness Translations (baseless): անհիմն (anhimn) (Armenian), неоснователен (neosnovatelen) (Bulgarian), ongegrond (Dutch), ongefundeerd (Dutch), perusteeton (Finnish), katteeton (Finnish), perätön (Finnish), infondé (French), უსაფუძვლო (usapuʒvlo) (Georgian), უმიზეზო (umizezo) (Georgian), უნიადაგო (uniadago) (Georgian), საფუძველმოკლებული (sapuʒvelmoḳlebuli) (Georgian), grundlos (German), unbegründet (German), αβάσιμος (avásimos) [masculine] (Greek), alaptalan (Hungarian), infondato (Italian), vānus (Latin), pakupaku (Maori), mākiri (Maori), grunnløs (Norwegian Bokmål), grunnlaus (Norwegian Bokmål), ubegrunnet (Norwegian Bokmål), grunnlaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), bezpodstawny (Polish), bezzasadny (Polish), nieuzasadniony (Polish), беспо́чвенный (bespóčvennyj) (Russian), infundado (Spanish), sin fundamento (Spanish)
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    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "baseless",
      "word": "grunnlaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "baseless",
      "word": "bezpodstawny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "baseless",
      "word": "bezzasadny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "baseless",
      "word": "nieuzasadniony"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bespóčvennyj",
      "sense": "baseless",
      "word": "беспо́чвенный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "baseless",
      "word": "infundado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "baseless",
      "word": "sin fundamento"
    }
  ],
  "word": "groundless"
}

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