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"word": "უსაფუძვლო"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
"word": "infundado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
"word": "que no tiene ni pies ni cabeza"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
"word": "ogrundad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
"word": "grundlös"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
"word": "obefogad"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
"word": "temelsiz"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezpidstávnyj",
"sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
"word": "безпідста́вний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "neobgruntóvanyj",
"sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
"word": "необґрунто́ваний"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
"word": "vô căn cứ"
}
],
"word": "unfounded"
}
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