as in unreasonable
having no basis in reason or fact
baseless rumors that the baseball player was using steroids
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Recent Examples of baseless
Unfortunately, none of these concerns are baseless.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Open Society Foundations has openly contested that these allegations are baseless.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
The Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism found thousands of posts containing the baseless claims.
—Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Those baseless allegations went so viral so fast that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on Newsmax responding to them two days after the shooting.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Trump continues to make baseless claims about widespread noncitizen voting, has attempted to change voter registration rules to include proof-of-citizenship requirements, and has directed the Justice Department to prioritize prosecuting noncitizens who register or vote.
—Miles Parks, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Schiff has said the mortgage investigation, sparked by a criminal referral from the Federal Housing Finance Authority, is baseless.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 6 Sep. 2025
Stephen King recently spoke to The Times UK and criticized Hollywood’s superhero movies for often depicting baseless violence.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
But some lawmakers say that argument is baseless and that yanking the grants has left the state less equipped to prevent tragedies like this week’s attack at Annunciation Catholic School.
—Curt Devine, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Open Society Foundations has openly contested that these allegations are baseless.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
The Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism found thousands of posts containing the baseless claims.
—Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Those baseless allegations went so viral so fast that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on Newsmax responding to them two days after the shooting.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Trump continues to make baseless claims about widespread noncitizen voting, has attempted to change voter registration rules to include proof-of-citizenship requirements, and has directed the Justice Department to prioritize prosecuting noncitizens who register or vote.
—Miles Parks, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Schiff has said the mortgage investigation, sparked by a criminal referral from the Federal Housing Finance Authority, is baseless.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 6 Sep. 2025
Stephen King recently spoke to The Times UK and criticized Hollywood’s superhero movies for often depicting baseless violence.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
But some lawmakers say that argument is baseless and that yanking the grants has left the state less equipped to prevent tragedies like this week’s attack at Annunciation Catholic School.
—Curt Devine, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for baseless
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Russia has called the accusations unfounded.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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About an hour later, the lockdown was lifted -- and authorities later said the initial reports were unfounded.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The most extreme version of this debate over Kirk’s views on Israel emerged with shocking velocity after his death, in the form of groundless claims that he’d been killed by the Israelis.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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These radically groundless and unfounded allegations end now.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Russia’s unsubstantiated claims that NATO is plotting armed provocations against Transnistria could be a pretext for Moscow’s meddling in Moldova, raising concerns about further military aggression in the region.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Their reporting is full of unsubstantiated claims and clearly aims at destroying the agency which, at its heart, has provi[ded] education and health care in place where no one else actually wants to work with a group of people that is one of the most vulnerable in the region.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Baseless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baseless. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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