Fears that the world was about to run out of fuel proved groundless...
A ministry official described the report as groundless.
English dictionary. 2008.
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
groundless — I adjective baseless, empty, erroneous, fallacious, false, ill founded, inaccurate, paralogistic, unfounded, unjustifiable, unreal, unreasonable, unsound, unsubstantiated, unsupported, unsustainable, unsustained, untenable, untrue, unwarranted,… … Law dictionary
groundless — O.E. grundleas bottomless, unfathomable, vast; see GROUND (Cf. ground) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less). Figurative sense of unfathomable is from early 14c. Related: Groundlessly; groundlessness … Etymology dictionary
groundless — *baseless, unfounded, unwarranted Analogous words: unsupported, unsustained (see corresponding affirmative verbs at SUPPORT) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
groundless — [adj] without reason, justification baseless, bottomless, causeless, chimerical, empty, false, flimsy, foundationless, gratuitous, idle, illogical, illusory, imaginary, unauthorized, uncalled for, unfounded, unjustified, unprovoked, unsupported,… … New thesaurus
groundless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not based on any good reason … English terms dictionary
groundless — [ground′lis] adj. without reason or cause; unjustified groundlessly adv. groundlessness n … English World dictionary
groundless — ground|less [ˈgraundləs] adj not based on facts or reason ≠ ↑well founded ▪ Fortunately my suspicions proved groundless . ▪ Mr Kay s lawyer said the accusations were groundless … Dictionary of contemporary English
groundless — adjective groundless fears, worries etc are unnecessary because there are no facts to base them on: Fortunately my suspicions proved groundless … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
groundless — adjective Date: 1602 having no ground or foundation < groundless fears > • groundlessly adverb • groundlessness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
