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Definition of baseless in English:

baseless

adjective ˈbeɪsləsˈbeɪsləs
  • 1Without foundation in fact.

    无根据的

    baseless allegations

    无根据的断言。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He argued that this was confirmatory of the fact that their allegations against him were baseless and were designed to divert attention from their own misconduct.
    • However, Milne's claim that he published Freedland's piece as part of ‘a genuine pluralism of opinion’ is in fact baseless.
    • Gian refused to meet the police summons for questioning, saying that the allegations against him were baseless.
    • Mr Krishna had said Mr Gowda's 29-page letter to Mr Singh contained ‘wild and baseless allegations’.
    • Colin Powell says that the kidnapping allegations are ‘absolutely baseless, absurd’.
    • These questions are baseless and meaningless.
    • But don't let that stop you from your baseless conjecture, Josh.
    • Now that Salon has backed away from the e-mail story, Krugman's allegations seem completely baseless.
    • I hereby clarify that this allegation is baseless and unsubstantiated.
    • Tony Abbott certainly believes if you repeat it often enough a baseless assertion becomes fact.
    • Obviously it is not baseless, because the facts are here, in black and white.
    • Honestly and truthfully, I'd like to underline the point that your claim above is definitely baseless, misleading and untrue.
    • Well, first of all, I must reject that baseless allegation.
    • It is often vindictive, lying, erroneous, deceitful, baseless, and devoid of any fact.
    • Police has contested news report about the recovery of a stolen vehicle from police station Safakadal, terming it baseless and fabricated.
    • The article is full of baseless facts with no specified source.
    • Mr Hoggart soon abandons his baseless allegations against innocent dogs, and reports on real questions (ie ones which had occurred to me).
    • You know, when you take a country to war on particular grounds, and those grounds prove baseless, the ethical thing to do is to resign.
    • Wilson's baseless speculation did not accurately reflect the movement's activities in Uzbekistan or our program for reform.
    • I understand this is a lecture, and one aimed at lowly game developers, but the amount of almost baseless belief offered as fact is more than a little annoying.
    Synonyms
    groundless, unfounded, unsubstantiated, unproven, unsupported, uncorroborated, untested, unconfirmed, unverified, unattested, unjustified, unwarranted, foundationless, ill-founded, without basis, without foundation, not backed up by evidence
    speculative, conjectural, idle, vain, unsound, unreliable, questionable, misinformed, misguided, spurious, specious, fallacious, erroneous, fabricated, untrue, trumped-up
  • 2Architecture
    (of a column) not having a base between the shaft and pedestal.

    〔建筑〕(柱)无基座的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is indeed difficult to believe that the plain, sturdy, baseless column of the latter order could have been developed out of the Mycenaean shaft.
    • Its parts—the simple, baseless columns, the spreading capitals, and the triglyph-metope frieze above the columns—constitute an aesthetic development in stone that incorporated variants on themes used in earlier wood and brick.
    • The simplicity of the original Doric baseless column even became the focal point in any discussion on the excellence of Greek art.

Derivatives

  • baselessly

  • adverb ˈbeɪsləsliˈbeɪsləsli
    • Nothing has much grabbed my attention lately, except drunk company clients baselessly complaining about my work, but thankfully taking it in good grace when pointed out that the alcohol was talking.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This prat has to add to it by implying, baselessly, that he might be guilty of some suicide-bombing-related-activity after all.
      • I don't want people to distort my words, nor baselessly go on attacking handicapped people and have me take the blame for instigating it.
      • Lehman makes several accusations, such as an argument that Windschuttle doesn't understand the Aborigines ‘attachment to the land through its flora and fauna, and he speculates baselessly about Windschuttle's motivations.
      • If you have no credible objections, then the decent thing to do is apologize to Finkelstein et al. for baselessly denigrating their work.
  • baselessness

  • noun ˈbeɪsləsnəsˈbeɪsləsnəs
    • By the end of 1926 I had been convinced as to the baselessness of the theory of existence of an almighty supreme being who created, guided and controlled the universe.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Given the baselessness of the accusations - detailed by Quin Hillyer - the Republicans' suspicions are well grounded.
      • The claimant] must be able to point to a sum awarded by a jury sufficient to convince a bystander of the baselessness of the charge’.

Definition of baseless in US English:

baseless

adjectiveˈbeɪsləsˈbāsləs
  • 1Without foundation in fact.

    无根据的

    baseless allegations

    无根据的断言。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I hereby clarify that this allegation is baseless and unsubstantiated.
    • You know, when you take a country to war on particular grounds, and those grounds prove baseless, the ethical thing to do is to resign.
    • He argued that this was confirmatory of the fact that their allegations against him were baseless and were designed to divert attention from their own misconduct.
    • Honestly and truthfully, I'd like to underline the point that your claim above is definitely baseless, misleading and untrue.
    • Police has contested news report about the recovery of a stolen vehicle from police station Safakadal, terming it baseless and fabricated.
    • It is often vindictive, lying, erroneous, deceitful, baseless, and devoid of any fact.
    • Obviously it is not baseless, because the facts are here, in black and white.
    • Tony Abbott certainly believes if you repeat it often enough a baseless assertion becomes fact.
    • Well, first of all, I must reject that baseless allegation.
    • Now that Salon has backed away from the e-mail story, Krugman's allegations seem completely baseless.
    • Colin Powell says that the kidnapping allegations are ‘absolutely baseless, absurd’.
    • These questions are baseless and meaningless.
    • However, Milne's claim that he published Freedland's piece as part of ‘a genuine pluralism of opinion’ is in fact baseless.
    • Gian refused to meet the police summons for questioning, saying that the allegations against him were baseless.
    • Mr Krishna had said Mr Gowda's 29-page letter to Mr Singh contained ‘wild and baseless allegations’.
    • The article is full of baseless facts with no specified source.
    • But don't let that stop you from your baseless conjecture, Josh.
    • Wilson's baseless speculation did not accurately reflect the movement's activities in Uzbekistan or our program for reform.
    • Mr Hoggart soon abandons his baseless allegations against innocent dogs, and reports on real questions (ie ones which had occurred to me).
    • I understand this is a lecture, and one aimed at lowly game developers, but the amount of almost baseless belief offered as fact is more than a little annoying.
    Synonyms
    groundless, unfounded, unsubstantiated, unproven, unsupported, uncorroborated, untested, unconfirmed, unverified, unattested, unjustified, unwarranted, foundationless, ill-founded, without basis, without foundation, not backed up by evidence
  • 2Architecture
    (of a column) not having a base between the shaft and pedestal.

    〔建筑〕(柱)无基座的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The simplicity of the original Doric baseless column even became the focal point in any discussion on the excellence of Greek art.
    • It is indeed difficult to believe that the plain, sturdy, baseless column of the latter order could have been developed out of the Mycenaean shaft.
    • Its parts—the simple, baseless columns, the spreading capitals, and the triglyph-metope frieze above the columns—constitute an aesthetic development in stone that incorporated variants on themes used in earlier wood and brick.
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