groundless

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective without a basis in reason or fact

Etymology

From Middle English groundles (“bottomless”), 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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

baseless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild

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