ill-founded
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of ill-founded
First recorded in 1665–75
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
She did not make any of these dangerous and ill-founded accusations in her relatively short speech Monday night.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2024
He added that the party would not be "distracted by hype, spin and sometimes ill-founded claims".
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2023
“The terminations in late 2020 were unrelated to the ill-founded concerns raised by the employees in 2019.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2022
That’s why it’s notable that even as the Belcher decision repudiated an ill-founded, punitive approach to teenage crime, Connecticut’s parole board adopted a humane alternative.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022
And both my fear and my hope proved ill-founded.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
