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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
groundless
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
groundless (=without any reason)
▪ As it turned out, these fears were groundless.
unfounded/groundless (=not based on facts or reason)
▪ The accusation is totally unfounded.
▪ The embassy denied what it called groundless accusations about its involvement in the attack.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A message from Interpol confirmed that our Inspector's suspicions were far from groundless.
▪ Fleury dismissed our fears as groundless, though he was secretly alarmed.
▪ The charges against him are groundless.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But their fear is groundless, I do have to say.
▪ Fears that radiotherapy would cause genetic mutations leading to handicaps in offspring appear to be groundless, according to studies among 3,000 survivors.
▪ On the face of it, these fears are groundless.
▪ Such groundless critiques, however, have contributed to the perception of Washington as a Neanderthal man.
▪ Such awards are made to discourage plaintiffs from bringing groundless lawsuits which burden the courts.
▪ The assumption is groundless both theoretically and empirically.
▪ The distinction between the arbitrary and the suggestive is ultimately groundless.
▪ This suggests that some previous doubts are groundless.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Groundless

Groundless \Ground"less\, a. [AS. grundle['a]s bottomless.] Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; baseless; as, groundless fear; a groundless report, rumor, or assertion. -- Ground"less*ly, adv. -- Ground"less*ness, n.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
groundless

Old English grundleas "bottomless, unfathomable, vast;" see ground (n.) + -less. Figurative sense of "unfathomable" is from early 14c. Related: Groundlessly; groundlessness.

Wiktionary
groundless

a. Without any grounds to support it; baseless.

WordNet
groundless

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

Usage examples of "groundless".

Mansoul, both in her apostacy and in her hellish rebellion, in a false, groundless, and dangerous peace, and damnable security, to the dishonour of the King, the transgression of his law, and the great damage of the town of Mansoul.

Looking down at the cramped writing covering the contract, Brenn decided his reservations were groundless.

My fears, however, were groundless, for he held up his two hands imploringly, and made his petition in a moving manner.

Spirit is preeminently the empty Ground, or groundless Emptiness, fully present at each and every stage of evolution, as the openness in which the particular stage unfolds, as well as the substance of that which is unfolded.

If he fears, in the unfortunate case of my election, that my going to Washington will enable me to advocate sentiments contrary to those which I expressed when you voted for and elected me, I assure him that his fears are wholly needless and groundless.

If the doctor in charge agrees that Shane did the only sensible thing in returning to Srinagar, your suspicions are proved groundless.

His logic center knew the assertion to be groundless, but if it was only a ghost loop, why did it persist even after he degaussed his circuits?

Rutherford was strongly impressed with the belief that his father had, by a form of process peculiar to the law of Scotland, purchased these teinds from the titular, and, therefore, that the present prosecution was groundless.

If you have any fresh motive for dreading such an occurrence, you are quite right, but if it is only a vague, groundless fear, my love, why should you deprive yourself of a real and innocent pleasure?

They deplored the hard condition of Athanasius, who, after enjoying so many years his seat, his reputation, and the seeming confidence of his sovereign, was again called upon to confute the most groundless and extravagant accusations.

The doleful report from Tusculum and the groundless fears of the City were followed by a laurelled despatch from Postumius announcing the victory of Rome and the annihilation of the Aequian army.

It is, at the same time, a powerful appeal to reason to undertake anew the most difficult of its duties, namely, self-knowledge, and to institute a court of appeal which should protect the just rights of reason, but dismiss all groundless claims, and should do this not by means of irresponsible decrees, but according to the eternal and unalterable laws of reason.

None of them would know anything, but that wouldn't stop the Fourth Estate from doing their usual thorough job of misrepresentation, bias, groundless speculation and general farting around.

Wisdom sees through the confusion of shifting shapes and passing forms to the groundless Ground of all being.