How to Use unfounded in a Sentence

unfounded

adjective

• That fear turned out to be unfounded.
  — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 21 Dec. 2025
• His fear that the Ross miss might prove to be a bad omen was unfounded.
  — Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2026
• In other words the idea that this is a washout weekend is unfounded.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2023
• Those concerns turned out to be unfounded.
  — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
• So whether that fear is founded or unfounded, the fear is real.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
• Yet Zorn’s fears were unfounded.
  — Thomas A. Dubois, The Conversation, 17 June 2026
• The rumors, so far, have proved unfounded.
  — Leah Willingham, Fortune, 21 June 2026
• Any fears about lengthy silences proved unfounded.
  — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
• This concern may not be unfounded.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
• The claims are unfounded but public.
  — Jane Sadowsky, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2026
• Kennedy spoke at length about the unfounded claims that vaccines and gluten could cause or worsen autism.
  — Makena Kelly, WIRED, 24 June 2024
• What folly is this, this unfounded wishing, if not hope?
  — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
• Reports that a train station in the city was among the targets were unfounded.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2022
• Fears of a content drought due to the strikes that shut down the film industry were unfounded.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
• My anxiety could not have been more unfounded.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
• Now, the agency said those concerns were unfounded.
  — Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
• And their suspicions might not be unfounded.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 15 May 2026
• The lesion that was removed is from the part of the brain that causes moments of unfounded fear.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026
• The lesion that was removed from his brain is from the part that causes moments of unfounded fear.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
• Experts say those concerns are not unfounded.
  — Larry Seward, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
• The lesion that was removed from his brain is from the part of the brain that causes moments of unfounded fear.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
• The researchers say that in truth, the idea that money can be enough to make someone happy is unfounded.
  — Trey Williams, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2023
• Those concerns and complaints have proven to be wildly unfounded.
  — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
• Though her concerns are completely unfounded, give his mother the time and space to come around.
  — Annie Lane, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2022
• The case was thrown out after a court determined the woman's claims were unfounded.
  — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2021
• Still, any rumors of a falling-out with Sánchez appear to be unfounded.
  — Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2025
• Fears that attacks on Iran could trigger a more widespread world war were unfounded.
  — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
• Moreover, claims that mifepristone threatens the health of those who take it are unfounded.
  — Richard Galant, CNN, 16 Apr. 2023
• Menopause researchers who have spent years studying the effects of hormone use were stunned by some of the unfounded claims.
  — Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
• Many of the risks were speculative or already known to be unfounded.
  — Will Stone, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025