as in unreasonable
having no basis in reason or fact
please stop making groundless accusations against innocent people fears of a strike proved groundless
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Recent Examples of groundless
Putin talks with Iranian foreign minister Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in Moscow that aggression against Iran was groundless.
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Susan Miller, USA Today, 24 June 2025
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
The site has a history of promoting groundless conspiracy theories.
—Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
The rider who smashed his phone insisted in an interview with Chinese state media that the complaint lodged against him was groundless.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
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Susan Miller, USA Today, 24 June 2025
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
The site has a history of promoting groundless conspiracy theories.
—Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
The rider who smashed his phone insisted in an interview with Chinese state media that the complaint lodged against him was groundless.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for groundless
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The influencer, who was in her 20s and had garnered over 300,000 followers on TikTok, allegedly wanted to cut ties with Choi due to his coercive instructions and unreasonable scheduling, according to the reports.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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As Philadelphia gears up for hopefully a return to the playoffs in 2025-26 (although title expectations would be probably an unreasonable expectation now), the team is not being particularly precious with its previous rotational thoughts.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Some worry that this proposal could further fuel vaccine hesitancy by reinforcing unfounded fears about combination vaccines and ultimately leading to fewer children receiving timely protection against serious diseases.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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Sort of exploiting, taking advantage of a crisis to make unfounded accusations.—
Julia Simon,
NPR,
8 Oct. 2025
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Unfortunately, none of these concerns are baseless.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
21 Sep. 2025
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Open Society Foundations has openly contested that these allegations are baseless.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Groundless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groundless. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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