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Answer for the clue "Type of rumor? ", 9 letters:
unfounded

Word definitions for unfounded in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, "having no foundation or basis," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of found (v.1).

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a worry is unfounded (= there is no reason to worry ) ▪ Fortunately their worries were unfounded and the astronauts returned safely to Earth. false/unfounded ▪ He says that the rumours are completely unfounded. ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unfounded \Un*found"ed\, a. Not founded; not built or established. --Milton. Having no foundation; baseless; vain; idle; as, unfounded expectations. --Paley.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts. 2 Not having been founded or instituted.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" [syn: baseless , groundless , idle , unwarranted ]

Usage examples of unfounded.

My accusation was unfounded and malicious, and I should answer this as well as the previous outrage, when the vow of the Crusaders to keep peace among themselves was at an end.

Eisenhower was much upset, and seemed deeply stirred with anger at what he considered most unjust and unfounded charges about our good faith.

Government decided not to make any reply to this most wounding and unfounded charge, but to ignore it.

The other charge that he demanded a favor in this purchase as compensation for a ruling he had made as Speaker was, in my judgment, equally unfounded and trivial.

It did not seem to me that I ought to do either, especially in the case of a man whose offence had not been merely against me, but who had made a gross and unfounded attack upon the memory of my father, and of whose personal and public character I entertained the opinion I had so often publicly expressed.

But the prejudice against it of the strict teetotalers had occasioned some entirely unfounded scandal about its management in other matters.

Never was a sentence uttered in parliament where the religious feelings and opinions of the people were concerned, even by Lord Brougham himself, more unfounded in fact.

She did not want to construct a case against him where none existed, basically because she realized just how damaging it could be to be the object of an unreasonable and unfounded suspicion.

I am glad to find are unfounded, and he implores you to come on to Moseley Hall, where he feels sure you will be safe.

That should make everything nice and clear for whoever might give a toss for all your slanderous and unfounded allegations.

I was behaving outrageously, unprofessionally and intimidatingly, and that my completely unfounded allegations were preposterous.

Athera would see his unfounded presumptions shattered in one day, a sentence written in running blood on the spring green banks of Tal Quorin.

In IAD, complaints were classified at the end as sustained, unsustained or unfounded.

Prew looked at the great solid bulk of him, utterly unshakable, and grinned, loving him for his unshakability in what in the last month had become an unfounded maelstrom of the whole universe.

Indeed, Lord Holger might have thought Kurnoss fears about the bandits were unfounded, except for two things.