🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Sem fundamento

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sẽ fũdãˈmẽtu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Groundless/ˈɡraʊnd.ləs/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"As acusações eram sem fundamento."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Without foundation in fact; baseless.

    "The accusations against him were completely groundless."
  2. 2

    Not based on any solid evidence or reasoning.

    "Her fears were groundless, as the situation was under control."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'groundless' originates from the combination of 'ground', which comes from Old English 'grund', meaning 'foundation' or 'basis', and the suffix '-less', indicating absence. The term evolved in the late 14th century to describe something without a basis in fact or reality.

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