well-founded

[ wel-foun-did ]

/ ˈwɛlˈfaʊn dɪd /

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adjective

having a foundation in fact; based on good reasons, information, etc.: well-founded suspicions.

Words nearby well-founded

well-fitted, well-fixed, well-formed, well-fortified, well-found, well-founded, well-furnished, well-governed, well-groomed, well-grounded, well-guarded

Origin of well-founded

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75

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Examples from the Web for well-founded

Kim now knows the “well-founded fear” that asylum seekers must prove they have to be accepted by a host country.
The Canadian Faulkner|Tom LeClair|June 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Assumptions that the Republican nominee automatically wins statewide office in South Carolina are well-founded but not uniform.
A GOP Star Falters|John Avlon|October 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST
“His language is off the scale but his sense of injustice is often well-founded,” Ralph Nader told the Beast.
Jerry Brown's Worst Enemy|Benjamin Sarlin|March 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST
There was no proof at all, nothing to link him to the crime except some well-founded suspicion.
John Grisham's Debut Short Story|John Grisham|October 26, 2009|DAILY BEAST

In some instances, from necessity; in others, from a well-founded distrust of the public.
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16)|Thomas Hart Benton
That there were many beliefs does not destroy the fact that there was one well-founded belief.
A Miscellany of Men|G. K. Chesterton
A well-founded horror of military barbarity had the effect of separating the soldier from the civilian by an impassable gulf.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6|Various
Perhaps there was a well-founded feeling that they proved too much.
A History of the United States|Cecil Chesterton
As for Redroban, he and half a dozen of his men fled to the woods, in well-founded fear of Menendez.
The History of Cuba, vol. 1|Willis Fletcher Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for well-founded

well-founded

adjective (well founded when postpositive)

having good groundswell-founded rumours

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well-founded

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British Dictionary definitions for well-founded

adjective (well founded when postpositive)