as in unreasonable
having no basis in reason or fact
baseless rumors that the baseball player was using steroids
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Adjective
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Courts will not second-guess the safety measures employers adopt, even when those measures infringe on an employee’s privacy, unless the measures are unreasonable under the circumstances.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Apr. 2025 -
Companies need to assess their higher costs, and then negotiate with the state regulators who try to protect ratepayers from unreasonable hikes.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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Some providers diagnosing and treating people with autism have been deluged by requests to scrub their data and cancel appointments, multiple federal health officials told CBS News, over concerns about patient privacy and worries it would be used to support unfounded claims.—
Melissa Gaffney,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2025
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As for whether a young generation of coders will be harmed by having these tools at their disposal, LeCun was somewhat dismissive, noting that past concerns about things like the calculator turned out to be largely unfounded.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The site has a history of promoting groundless conspiracy theories.—
Tom Dreisbach,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2025
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On Thursday, Gottlieb and Hudson blasted the lawsuit as legally groundless and an effort to silence the actress.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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The plans must include specific actions to allow unsubstantiated claims to be dismissed quickly.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
25 Apr. 2025
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Since people have spotted the military flights, some took to online groups and shared unsubstantiated claims about the purpose of the training.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Baseless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baseless. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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