as in unreasonable
having no basis in reason or fact
baseless rumors that the baseball player was using steroids
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The words were harsh but the logic was not unreasonable.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025 -
This would not be an unreasonable proposition, considering the U.S. already pledged a security guarantee to Ukraine upon its return of all nuclear warheads to Russia by 1996, based on the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.—
Seung-Whan Choi,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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The former president was also barred from running for office until 2030 by Brazil’s electoral court, for making unfounded claims that voting machines were rigged.—
Gabriela Sá Pessoa,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The network and Dominion reached a $787 million settlement agreement in the case that arose after Fox News aired unfounded accusations that Dominion helped rig the 2020 election against Mr. Trump.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
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The site has a history of promoting groundless conspiracy theories.—
Tom Dreisbach,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2025
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The rider who smashed his phone insisted in an interview with Chinese state media that the complaint lodged against him was groundless.—
Chris Lau,
CNN,
17 Oct. 2024
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Grad didn’t offer evidence of his claim, and the theory remains publicly unsubstantiated.—
Larry Holder,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk have fueled fears of cuts to Social Security with their unsubstantiated rhetoric about fraud within the agency.—
The Hill,
The Hill,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Baseless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baseless. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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