"baseless" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbeɪsləs/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-baseless.wav [US] Forms: baseless [positive], more baseless [comparative], most baseless [superlative]
Etymology: base + -less Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|base|less}} base + -less Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If charges, claims, accusations, etc. are baseless, they are not supported by reason or fact. Synonyms: untrue
    Sense id: simple-baseless-en-adj-lrHJw-WM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -less
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