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baseless

[ beys-lis ]

/ ˈbeɪs lɪs /

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adjective

having no base; without foundation; groundless: a baseless claim.

Origin of baseless

First recorded in 1600–10; base¹ + -less

Words nearby baseless

basedow's disease, basehearted, basel, basel-land, basel-stadt, baseless, baseline, baseliner, baseman, basement, basement complex

Example sentences from the Web for baseless

But I remain in prison on these baseless allegations while waiting for the chance to prove my innocence.

An American Marine in Iran’s Prisons Goes on Hunger Strike |IranWire |December 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
These non-attitudes, or baseless opinions, can drag the data away from a position of reliability or usefulness.

The Polls Are In: ISIS Is Outside Your Window |Jack Holmes |October 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Can misogynistic and baseless tabloid narratives go out of style?

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Got Married and We’re Worried About Jennifer Aniston |Kevin Fallon, Tim Teeman |August 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And revolutionary courts often convict and sentence journalists to prison on these baseless charges.

Forget About a Kindler Gentler Iran |Nina Strochlic |August 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Plus smears and baseless accusations are the fuel of modern politics.

In Susan B. Anthony List Cast, Supreme Court Votes for the Right to Lie |Sally Kohn |June 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It was miserable comfort to reflect, that their own baseless expectations had abetted the delusion, and made the ruin complete.

A Lamp to the Path |W. K. Tweedie
The divine development of the world is a great fact; the theory of atheistic evolution is only a baseless theory, a fiction.

Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith |Robert Patterson
A glance at Cameron's commission will show how baseless is the charge.

Sketches of the Covenanters |J. C. McFeeters
The right, and it would be part proof that the landlord's suspicions were baseless.

A Secret Inheritance (Volume 2 of 3) |B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
To his mind such an accusation was as base as it was baseless.

The Red Cross Barge |Marie Belloc Lowndes

British Dictionary definitions for baseless

baseless

/ (ˈbeɪslɪs) /

adjective

not based on fact; unfounded a baseless supposition

Derived forms of baseless

baselessly, adverb baselessness, noun