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.

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Origin of well-founded

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75

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

How to use well-founded in a sentence

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
The allusion to Prime Suspect, a massive hit on both sides of the Atlantic, is well founded.
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But it's worth asking: are those fears in any way well-founded?
Bullying Bankers|Ryan Prior|July 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Doctors are human beings like anybody else, they have opinions, and not always well-founded ones.
Email Scares: Worse Than Crazy|David Frum|July 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST

“The idea that you can sleep your way to the top is not well founded,” says Shen.
Chinese Not Surprised By Zhang Ziyi Scandal|Paul Mooney|June 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The purchasers found that this claim was not well founded, and sought to recover their money.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
The story of the intended mutiny was well founded, and was only one phase of the general feeling of unrest throughout Alabama.
The Supplies for the Confederate Army|Caleb Huse
Death took place often in ten or twelve, and generally in eighteen or twenty hours after the appearance of well-founded symptoms.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
The story is said to be well founded: be this as it may, our ladies seemed to have received it as gospel.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
She replied, that they were very well founded, and added a reason for it which seemed to me very satisfactory.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney

British Dictionary definitions for well-founded

well-founded

adjective (well founded when postpositive)

having good groundswell-founded rumours

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well-founded

Origin of well-founded

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