be groundless
Frequency: 8.515.2 per million words
to be without any good reason or cause
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- The accusations against him are completely groundless.
- Her fears about the new job were groundless, as she quickly excelled.
- The rumors circulating online might be entirely groundless.
- The lawsuit was groundless and therefore dismissed by the judge.
- Any anxiety you feel before the presentation is probably groundless.
- If their criticism is groundless, you have nothing to worry about.
- His initial assumption was totally groundless and based on a misunderstanding.
- The theory that the world would end in 2012 was spectacularly groundless.
- Subsequent investigations revealed that the initial reports of danger were groundless.
- Is your opposition to the plan based on facts, or is it groundless?