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groundless

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaʊndləs/

The English word “groundless” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Without any grounds to support it; baseless.
  2. Bottomless; having no bottom or floor.

Etymology

From Middle English groundles (“bottomless”), from Old English grundlēas, from Proto-Germanic *grundulausaz, equivalent to ground + -less. Cognate with Dutch grondeloos, German Low German grundlos, German grundlos, Danish grundløs, Swedish grundlös.

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