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Despite this inner groundlessness, you appear pretty well normal, doing your everyday stuff.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2012

The irrelevancy of this latter contention,—the groundlessness of the former,—may not be passed over without a few words of serious remonstrance.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William

Instead of the querulous anxiety which had formerly harassed him from its groundlessness and apparent selfishness, it was now an anxiety worthy of the occasion that flushed her cheek.

From Deerbrook by Martineau, Harriet

If we were for a moment inclined to hope that we should now be left unmolested, we soon learned the groundlessness of such an expectation.

From The Island Home by Dalziel

Or, finding order convenient, and fearing that its true groundlessness will be exposed if it be made a matter for discussion, he advocates blind obedience to the authority of the day.

From The Moral Economy by Perry, Ralph Barton