unfounded
adjective
un·found·ed
ˌən-ˈfau̇n-dəd 
: lacking a sound basis : groundless, unwarranted
an unfounded accusation
Examples of unfounded in a Sentence
the accusation proved to be unfounded
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Sheriff’s officials said a report of a suspicious package at the Encinitas transit center early Thursday turned out to be unfounded.
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
During the 2024 presidential election, Trump doubled down on unfounded claims that Haitians were eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio.
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Vogel found each of those allegations to be unfounded — that is, there was not enough evidence to show the allegations actually happened — according to the reports provided by CBI.
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Rumours that the remaining members of the group would reunite on state to remember Payne proved unfounded, but Payne’s bandmate Louis Tomlinson afterwards thanked the Brit Awards on social media for honoring his friend.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
During the 2024 presidential election, Trump doubled down on unfounded claims that Haitians were eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Vogel found each of those allegations to be unfounded — that is, there was not enough evidence to show the allegations actually happened — according to the reports provided by CBI.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2025
Rumours that the remaining members of the group would reunite on state to remember Payne proved unfounded, but Payne’s bandmate Louis Tomlinson afterwards thanked the Brit Awards on social media for honoring his friend.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
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unfounded
adjective
un·found·ed
ˌən-ˈfau̇n-dəd
ˈən-
: lacking a sound base : groundless
unfounded suspicions
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