baseless
adjective
having no base; without foundation; groundless.
baselessness
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a word derived from
baseless.
Example Sentences
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Attorney Thomas Lincoln Chadbourne, director of the bank and its counsel, called all the ugly rumors lies, spoke of their "utter baselessness, sheer malignancy."
From Time Magazine Archive
Again, the baselessness of this charge can be quickly deduced from its failure to jibe with what we know of Francis Albert's character.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other people will soon follow suit, and a fad will be born and thrive for a while despite its baselessness.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Now that the marriage was to be recognized, he confessed the baselessness of his charges, and made his humble amends to the Duchess and her father.
From Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
For such students the cardinal point of recognition of this class of conduct may at once be stated to be its apparent baselessness.
From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by William Healy
