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baseless - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective Having no basis or foundation in fact; unfounded.
from The Century Dictionary.
Without a base; having no foundation or support.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective Without a base; having no foundation or support.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective Of reasoning, that is based on something that is not true.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective without a basis in reason or fact
Etymologies
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base + -less
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Examples
Fox said he had now asked his permanent secretary to investigate what he called "baseless allegations".
Liam Fox was joined by former flatmate on official visit to Sri Lanka 2011
The term baseless is meaningless in this respect. another baseless assumption that he is perfect
Dawkins and ID 2008
Woerth also denied receiving under-the-table donations when he was Sarkozy's campaign fundraiser, adding that he is fed up with what he called baseless charges against him, his party and his wife.
Sarkozy under fire over alleged illegal donations from French heiress 2010
Paul Coggins, a lawyer for Mr. Ensign, said he looked forward to the ethics committee reaching the same conclusion as the Justice Department on what he called baseless allegations.
Justice Drops Probe of Ensign Evan Perez 2010
But his attempt to come here turned into a nightmare when he was handcuffed at Detroit Metro Airport, subjected to hours of questioning, taken to a nearby Homeland Security detention center, and then thrown out of the country the next day on what he calls baseless and vague suspicions.
Australian at the Gates: Vanity Fair Fair, Vanity 2008
The Oct. 17 motion asks a judge to grant the company anonymity for all pleadings, documents and forms related to what it calls "baseless allegations."
StarTribune.com rss feed 2011
The MoD last night confirmed that Dr Fox had asked his most senior official, Permanent Secretary Ursula Brennan, to look into what he describes as "baseless allegations" concerning Mr Werritty.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Andy Bloxham 2011
Iran's envoy to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, dismissed what he called "baseless allegations" about Iran's program.
Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011
With Hevesi absent, his judge angrily stepped out of the case amid what he called baseless claims from Hevesi's lawyers that the judge had a conflict of interest.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
The Ministry of Defence confirmed that Dr Fox had asked his most senior official, Permanent Secretary Ursula Brennan, to look into what he describes as "baseless allegations" concerning Adam Werrity.
Evening Standard - Home 2011
whichbe commented on the word baseless
What happens when all your base are belong to us.
November 22, 2008
trivet commented on the word baseless
hah!
November 22, 2008
whichbe commented on the word baseless
I'm told this is what would happen to John McCain if Sarah Palin were not the Republican V.P. choice of 2008. See: epic fail.
November 22, 2008