baseless

adj
/ˈbeɪsləs/UK

Etymology

From base + -less.

  1. derived from βάσις
  2. derived from basis
  3. derived from base
  4. inherited from base
  5. suffixed as baseless — “base + -less

Definitions

  1. Of reasoning

    Of reasoning: based on something that is not true, or not based on solid reasons or facts; unfounded; without a basis.

    • baseless accusations; baseless rumors
    • But Rodríguez says, “Neither the law nor the facts support Senator Grassley’s baseless allegations and extrapolated conclusions.
  2. Without a physical base.

    • More significant still — and most obviously in debt to the painterly imagination — this floating statue is the first baseless statue ever made. It is as though Bernini had taken Michelangelo's 'Pieta' and made it fly.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for baseless. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA