adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a worry is unfounded (= there is no reason to worry )
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Fortunately their worries were unfounded and the astronauts returned safely to Earth.
false/unfounded
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He says that the rumours are completely unfounded.
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False rumors began to spread that troops were massing on the border.
unfounded/groundless (= not based on facts or reason )
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The accusation is totally unfounded.
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The embassy denied what it called groundless accusations about its involvement in the attack.
unfounded/unsubstantiated (= not based on truth or evidence )
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These claims of discrimination are completely unfounded.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
totally
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He might find them totally unfounded .
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We now realise that these claims are totally unfounded .
■ NOUN
claim
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We need to be able to determine accurately and fairly those with unfounded claims .
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This implies that everything listed as a mental disorder in the handbook has a biological contribution, a patently unfounded claim .
rumours
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They lived in the same apartment block and often dined together, creating unfounded rumours that they were having an affair.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All the signs indicate that the general's optimism is unfounded .
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I am going to prove to you that your suspicions are entirely unfounded
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Suspicions of a government cover-up are entirely unfounded .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He could hear his piping London voice with its parrot greetings and unfounded optimism.
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It turned out that my suspicions were unfounded , but all the time my memories were coming back.
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Much of this toll is preventable, including that related to unfounded fears of infection.
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Of the 40,000 asylum applications made last year, nine out of 10 were unfounded .
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They had hoped those fears would prove unfounded yesterday, but the rhetoric only got more vituperative.
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We are amazed that a fellow professional has stooped so low as to make such unfounded comments in the papers.