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If someone's criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don't want to hear it. It doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
Tim Ferriss

Meaning of "unfounded" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNFOUNDED

unfounded  [ʌnˈfaʊndɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNFOUNDED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unfounded is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNFOUNDED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unfounded in the English dictionary

The definition of unfounded in the dictionary is baseless; groundless. Other definition of unfounded is not yet founded or established.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNFOUNDED


astounded
əˈstaʊndɪd
blended
ˈblɛndɪd
bounded
ˈbaʊndɪd
branded
ˈbrændɪd
confounded
kənˈfaʊndɪd
dumbfounded
dʌmˈfaʊndɪd
expanded
ɪkˈspændɪd
extended
ɪkˈstɛndɪd
grounded
ˈɡraʊndɪd
intended
ɪnˈtɛndɪd
landed
ˈlændɪd
minded
ˈmaɪndɪd
recommended
ˌrɛkəˈmɛndɪd
rounded
ˈraʊndɪd
splendid
ˈsplɛndɪd
unbounded
ʌnˈbaʊndɪd
uncompounded
ˌʌnkəmˈpaʊndɪd
unconfounded
ˌʌnkənˈfaʊndɪd
unrounded
ʌnˈraʊndɪd
unsounded
ʌnˈsaʊndɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNFOUNDED

unformatted
unformed
unformidable
unformulated
unforsaken
unforthcoming
unfortified
unfortunate
unfortunately
unfortunateness
unfortune
unfossiliferous
unfossilised
unfossilized
unfostered
unfought
unfoughten
unfound
unfoundedly
unfoundedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNFOUNDED

bonded
descended
ill-founded
left-handed
like-minded
nonfunded
offended
open-ended
open-minded
pretended
stranded
unbranded
underfunded
unfunded
unintended
unwounded
war-wounded
well-founded
well-grounded
well-rounded

Synonyms and antonyms of unfounded in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNFOUNDED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unfounded» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unfounded

Translation of «unfounded» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNFOUNDED

Find out the translation of unfounded to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unfounded from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unfounded» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无根据的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

infundado
570 millions of speakers

English

unfounded
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निराधार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أساس لها من الصحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

необоснованными
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

infundado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভিত্তিহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sans fondement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berasas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unbegründet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

事実無根の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사실 무근의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora ana bukti
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô căn cứ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆதாரமற்றவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निराधार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

asılsız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

infondato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezpodstawne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

необгрунтованими
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neîntemeiată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αβάσιμη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongegrond
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ogrundad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ubegrunnet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unfounded

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNFOUNDED»

The term «unfounded» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.800 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNFOUNDED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unfounded

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6 QUOTES WITH «UNFOUNDED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unfounded.
1
Frederick William Borden
The rumor that the state of my health will necessitate my resignation is entirely unfounded.
2
John Carter
Singling out political opponents for working against the ruling party is precisely the tactic of every tyrannical government from Red China to Venezuela. The first step in the process is creating unfounded public suspicion of political opponents, followed by arresting and jailing any who continue speaking against the regime.
3
Tim Ferriss
If someone's criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don't want to hear it. It doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
4
Michael Fish
Reports of a hurricane are unfounded.
5
Henry Knox
Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly.
6
Friedrich Schleiermacher
The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded; and the second, that they are involved in a profound mistake in their confusion of the good with the pleasant.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNFOUNDED»

Discover the use of unfounded in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unfounded and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Unfounded Loyalty: An In-Depth Look Into The Love Affair ...
The book reexamines historic assumptions about the role of Christianity and the Democratic Party as supporters of civil-rights and black voters.
Wayne Perryman, 2004
2
Unfounded fears: myths and realities of a constitutional ...
In Unfounded Fears, Weber and Perry present a balanced, scholarly look at this controversial topic and introduce surprising conclusions.
Paul J. Weber, Barbara Ann Perry, 1989
3
Logic Programming: Proceedings of the 1995 International ...
We define the greatest unfounded set for V w.r.t. /, denoted GUS$(I), to be the ( unique) element of MUSp(I). a Next we show that there is a class of interpretations, called unfounded- free interpretations, w.r.t. which P has the greatest unfounded ...
John Lloyd, 1995
4
Practical Aspects of Rape Investigation: A Multidisciplinary ...
Classification of unfounded Rape Cases Prosecutors and investigators find the term false allegation of little utility unless the complainant in some way says that the account is untrue. It is more common to use general terms such as unfounded , ...
Robert R. Hazelwood, Ann Wolbert Burgess, 2008
5
Reasoning Web: Third International Summer School 2007, ...
Thus, A ∈ I or L ∈ I , and A ← φ is satisfied also in I. Hence I is a total model of S and I is a partial model of S. ⊓⊔ The basis for drawing negative conclusions and the notion most central to the well-founded semantics is that of an unfounded ...
Grigoris Antoniou, 2007
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Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems: 5th ...
Then, P and Q are ordinarily equivalent iff, for every interpretation Y, the following statements are equivalent: (a) Y |= P and no nonempty subset ofY is unfounded for P with respect to Y ; and (b) Y |= Q and no nonempty subset ofY is unfounded  ...
Sven Hartmann, Gabriele Kern-Isberner, 2008
7
A Guided Reader to Research in Comparative ...
228 Julian V. Roberts, Holly Johnson, and Michelle G. Grossman According to the police classification manual, a report should be classified as unfounded (and no further action taken) when it is clear that “a crime did not take place or was not  ...
John Winterdyk, Philip L. Reichel, Harry R. Dammer, 2009
8
Parliamentary Debates: Official Report : ... Session of the ...
By such grants cause was given for the complaints against us for the violence of our cruizers (which were greatly unfounded) and for the want of redress in our law courts, which was utterly unfounded, as in them there was not the slightest ...
Thomas C. Hansard, 1812
9
Reasoning Web. Semantic Technologies for Information ...
But there exist interpretations for an EDLP, where the existence of a greatest unfounded set is guaranteed: the unfounded-free interpretations. We call an interpretation I for an EDLP P unfounded-free,if I ∩ U = ∅ for each unfounded set U for P ...
Sergio Tessaris, Enrico Franconi, Thomas Eiter, 2009
10
Logic Programming: 24th International Conference, ICLP 2008 ...
In this section we show how to extend the graph ATLEASTΠ by the modification of transition rule Unfounded so that terminal nodes of the resulting graph correspond to answer sets of Π. The graph SUPΠ is the subgraph of SMΠ such that its ...
Maria Garcia Banda, Enrico Pontelli, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNFOUNDED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unfounded is used in the context of the following news items.
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School report: Illinois players' allegations unfounded
FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2015, file photo, Illinois head woman's basketball coach Matt Bollant reacts to a call during an NCAA college basketball game in ... «U.S. News & World Report, Aug 15»
2
China Calls US a 'Cyber Bully' After Unfounded Cybertheft Allegations
China has warned the US to “think twice” before lashing out at Beijing due to unfounded hacking accusations, cautioning that it is “strongly determined to protect ... «Sputnik International, Aug 15»
3
Cat cruelty reports unfounded, Easthampton police say
Reports of graffiti on the Manhan Rail Trail depicting a dead cat, and another piece of graffiti reading "kill cats," were also determined to be unfounded, said ... «MassLive.com, Jul 15»
4
Fire Chief determines drowning as 'unfounded', police still …
King said they determined the drowning was unfounded. Police will continue to investigate but King said there was no reason to search the lake because there ... «WHNS Greenville, Jul 15»
5
Russia: Hillary's hacking accusations 'unfounded'
"Hacking is an international problem, and speaking of government sponsorship is a completely unfounded accusation," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
6
Red Line assault claim 'unfounded'
CHICAGO — Chicago police say a woman's claim she was sexually assaulted and threatened with a knife on a CTA Red Line train is not true. The woman, 55 ... «WGN-TV, Jun 15»
7
Police: Report of man with gun at Belfast home unfounded
BELFAST, Maine — Police responded Friday evening to a report of a man with a gun at a residence on Waldo Avenue in Belfast, but ultimately found there was ... «Bangor Daily News, Jun 15»
8
Eritrea calls UN commission's accusations of widespread human …
... commission that its government is responsible for systematic and widespread human rights violations and possible crimes against humanity "totally unfounded ... «Fox News, Jun 15»
9
Ottawa runner's claim of attack in park 'unfounded,' police say
"Everything from the complaint was unfounded," said Const. Chuck Benoit. "There is no threat on the trails." A woman in her 30s reported she was running on ... «CBC.ca, May 15»
10
Police impersonator incident unfounded, according to state authorities
Pennsylvania State Police at the Belfast barracks issued an updated news release at noon declaring the incident unfounded and said they've determined that ... «lehighvalleylive.com, Apr 15»

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