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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In a unanimous opinion, the justices said courts can look beyond the exact moment a police officer is using deadly force to determine if the force was unreasonable.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
16 May 2025 -
Given the high degree of regulation and data privacy concerns within our industry, this isn’t an unreasonable question, to say nothing of the cost of bespoke software solutions.—
Tom Hughes,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Trump’s order aligned with his unfounded claims that fraud is widespread in U.S. elections and that voting by noncitizen immigrants is a major problem.—
Phil Willon,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Drue Moore’s widow, Kelly, and their two children are now suing Brooks and Robinson, claiming their unfounded accusations of him embezzling Winthrop funds led to Drue’s death by suicide.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
26 Mar. 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
Adjective
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The reputational value of saying the right thing has flipped; the cost of failing to deliver is now higher than the benefit of making bold but unsubstantiated promises.—
Rob Kaplan,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Cohn played a central role in directing its investigations, many of which relied on unsubstantiated or misleading claims.—
Kenneth Obel,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Baseless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baseless. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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