groundless

English

Etymology

From Middle English groundles, from Old English grundlēas, from Proto-Germanic *grundulausaz, equivalent to ground +‎ -less. Cognate with Dutch grondeloos, German Low German grundlos, German grundlos, Danish grundløs, Swedish grundlös.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

groundless (comparative more groundless, superlative most groundless)

1. Without any grounds to support it; baseless.
   • 1840, Lewis Rose, chapter III, in An Humble Attempt to Put an End to the Present Divisions in the Church of Scotland, and to Promote Her Usefulness. […] ‎^[1], Glasgow: George Gallie, →OCLC, page 51:

     [B]e the consequences what they may, they shall not move an inch, nor a hair's-breadth from the ground of their groundless spiritual independence, […]

   • 2013 November 3, Delme Parfitt, “Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win”, in Wales Online:

     At that stage any fears among home fans of a possession monopoly by Laudrup's side were proving groundless, with Cardiff having their fair share of the ball and territory.

Synonyms

• baseless
• unfounded
• unsupported

Derived terms

• groundlessly
• groundlessness

Translations

baseless

• Armenian: անհիմն (hy) (anhimn)
• Bulgarian: неоснователен (bg) (neosnovatelen)
• Dutch: ongegrond (nl), ongefundeerd (nl)
• Finnish: perusteeton (fi), katteeton (fi), perätön (fi)
• French: infondé (fr)
• Georgian: უსაფუძვლო (usapuʒvlo), უმიზეზო (umizezo), უნიადაგო (uniadago), საფუძველმოკლებული (sapuʒvelmoḳlebuli)
• German: grundlos (de), unbegründet (de)
• Greek: αβάσιμος (el) m (avásimos)
• Hungarian: alaptalan (hu)
• Italian: infondato (it)
• Latin: vānus
• Maori: pakupaku, mākiri
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: grunnløs, grunnlaus, ubegrunnet

  Nynorsk: grunnlaus

• Polish: bezpodstawny (pl), bezzasadny (pl), nieuzasadniony (pl)
• Russian: беспо́чвенный (ru) (bespóčvennyj)
• Spanish: infundado (es), sin fundamento

Anagrams

• groundsels