"unfounded" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From un- + founded. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|founded|id1=negative}} un- + founded Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unfounded (not comparable)
  1. Having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: baseless, groundless, ungrounded, baseless Translations (not based on solid reasons or facts): անհիմն (anhimn) (Armenian), funsgabe (Basque), беспадста́ўны (bjespadstáŭny) (Belarusian), неабгрунтава́ны (njeabhruntavány) (Belarusian), безгрунто́ўны (bjezhruntóŭny) (Belarusian), неоснова́телен (neosnovátelen) (Bulgarian), необоснова́н (neobosnován) (Bulgarian), infundat (Catalan), 莫須有 (Chinese Mandarin), 莫须有 (mòxūyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), nepodložený (Czech), grundløs (Danish), ubegrundet (Danish), амалдыме (amaldyme) (Eastern Mari), perusteeton (Finnish), perätön (Finnish), non fondé (French), dénué de fondement (French), infondé (French), sans fondement (French), უსაფუძვლო (usapuʒvlo) (Georgian), unbegründet (German), grundlos (German), alaptalan (Hungarian), megalapozatlan (Hungarian), 根拠のない (konkyo no nai) (alt: こんきょのない) (Japanese), 근거가 없는 (geun'geo-ga eomneun) (Korean), mākiri (Maori), bêbingeh (Northern Kurdish), grunnløs (Norwegian Bokmål), grunnlaus (Norwegian Bokmål), ubegrunnet (Norwegian Bokmål), grunnlaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), bezpodstawny (Polish), bezzasadny (Polish), nieuzasadniony (Polish), infundado (Portuguese), nefondat (Romanian), neîntemeiat (Romanian), беспо́чвенный (bespóčvennyj) (Russian), безоснова́тельный (bezosnovátelʹnyj) (Russian), необосно́ванный (neobosnóvannyj) (Russian), infundado (Spanish), que no tiene ni pies ni cabeza (Spanish), infundamentado [masculine] (Spanish), sin fundamento (Spanish), non fundamentado [masculine] (Spanish), ogrundad (Swedish), grundlös (Swedish), obefogad (Swedish), temelsiz (Turkish), безпідста́вний (bezpidstávnyj) (Ukrainian), необґрунто́ваний (neobgruntóvanyj) (Ukrainian), vô căn cứ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-unfounded-en-adj-1KyKBoGK Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- (negative) Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (negative): 44 27 28 Disambiguation of 'not based on solid reasons or facts': 85 15 0
  2. Not having been founded or instituted. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-unfounded-en-adj-vnUO7BMn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Eastern Mari translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 60 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 70 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 76 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 85 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 21 58 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 21 58 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 22 56 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 55 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 21 58 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 26 55 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 15 70 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Eastern Mari translations: 12 80 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 56 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 33 65 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 24 54 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 63 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 33 49 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 26 72 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 21 58 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 56 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 21 58 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 12 83 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 23 53 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 12 79 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 54 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 29 53 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 56 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 72 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 73 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 58 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 58 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 21 58 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 21 58 21
  3. (obsolete) Bottomless. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-unfounded-en-adj-xgiGmJeu
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          "ref": "1663, Gideon Harvey, “To the Reader”, in Archelogia Philosophica Nova, or, New Principles of Philosophy, London: Samuel Thomson:",
          "text": "[…] my chiefest design ever since the seventeenth year of my age […] consisted in elaborating such demonstrations in Natural Philosophy, as might serve to unfold the natures of Beings in relation to the Art of Physick, hitherto so uncertain, blind, and unfounded on Art […]",
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          "ref": "1989, Kazuo Ishiguro, “Day Three, Morning”, in The Remains of the Day, Vintage International, published 1990, page 137:",
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          "text": "[…] my chiefest design ever since the seventeenth year of my age […] consisted in elaborating such demonstrations in Natural Philosophy, as might serve to unfold the natures of Beings in relation to the Art of Physick, hitherto so uncertain, blind, and unfounded on Art […]",
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          "text": "“He give a name,” said Mrs. Hall—an assertion which was quite unfounded—“but I didn’t rightly hear it.”",
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          "ref": "1989, Kazuo Ishiguro, “Day Three, Morning”, in The Remains of the Day, Vintage International, published 1990, page 137:",
          "text": "[…] the allegation that his lordship never allowed Jewish people to enter the house or any Jewish staff to be employed is utterly unfounded […]",
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      "word": "infundat"
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      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "莫須有"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "mòxūyǒu",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "莫须有"
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      "word": "nepodložený"
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      "word": "grundløs"
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      "word": "უსაფუძვლო"
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      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "unbegründet"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
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      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
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      "word": "根拠のない"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "geun'geo-ga eomneun",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "근거가 없는"
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      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "bêbingeh"
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      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "mākiri"
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      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "amaldyme",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "амалдыме"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "grunnløs"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "grunnlaus"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "ubegrunnet"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "grunnlaus"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "bezpodstawny"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "bezzasadny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "nieuzasadniony"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "infundado"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "nefondat"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "neîntemeiat"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bespóčvennyj",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "беспо́чвенный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezosnovátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "безоснова́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neobosnóvannyj",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "необосно́ванный"
    },
    {
      "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": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
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      "word": "infundamentado"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "sin fundamento"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "non fundamentado"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "ogrundad"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not based on solid reasons or facts",
      "word": "grundlös"
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    {
      "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"
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}

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