unfounded

Speech parts

1. unfounded - Adjective

2. unfounded - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not founded; not built or established.

Having no foundation; baseless; vain; idle; as, unfounded expectations.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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At the core of all well-founded belief, lies belief that is unfounded. Ludwig Wittgenstein

Great self-destruction follows upon unfounded fear. Ursula K. Le Guin

A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor. Aldous Huxley

A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumour, and survival a thing beyond the bounds of possibility. Aldous Huxley

I want to put to rest the speculation and unfounded rumors of my imminent retirement... I am not about to announce my retirement. I will continue to perform my duties as chief justice as long as my health permits. William Rehnquist

Software is largely a service industry operating under the persistent but unfounded delusion that it is a manufacturing industry. Eric S. Raymond

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