Meaning & use
Baseless
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Having no foundation, justification, or factual basis.
See it in a sentence
The company dismissed the rumors as baseless.
Her baseless accusations damaged his reputation before the truth came out.
A note on using this word
The word combines 'base,' meaning foundation, with the negating suffix '-less,' making its literal meaning transparent: lacking any base to stand on.
Words with a similar meaning
unfoundedgroundlessunsubstantiated
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Words with an opposite meaning
justifiedsubstantiated
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