grounded

[groun-did]

adjective

1. mentally or emotionally balanced; having a peaceful, practical, or realistic outlook.

   His more grounded, common-sense view of the situation was a helpful counter to my flights of fancy.

   I love being around them, because they're really grounded.

2. Aeronautics.,  (of an aircraft) being brought or restricted to the ground because of bad weather, the unsatisfactory condition of the aircraft, etc.

   Grounded flights have cost airlines in excess of $2 billion this year alone.

3. Electricity.,  having a conducting connection between an electric circuit or equipment and the earth or some other conducting body.

   This equipment must be plugged into a grounded outlet.

grounded

/ ˈɡraʊndɪd /

adjective

1. sensible and down-to-earth; having one's feet on the ground

Other Word Forms

• groundedly adverb
• groundedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of grounded¹

First recorded in 1955–60; ground ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

So far, the FAA hasn’t grounded any flights for staffing reasons.

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But it is so firmly grounded in truthful and complicated detail drawn from Mr. Dunne’s actual experience that it makes its powerful moral argument without any need for grandstanding or preaching.

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“I believe so much of it is pure old-fashioned antisemitism grounded in bad information and untruths.”

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That is what ended the shutdown in 2019: A spate of sickouts by air-traffic controllers grounded flights headed to some destinations and led to major delays at airports throughout the country.

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What either the Reihana video or the Cruzvillegas sculpture has to do with how human experience is embedded in the land — “grounded” — I cannot say, except in the most superficial ways.

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