Ill-founded
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ill-founded is an adjective meaning Unsubstantiated, not based on fact or evidence.
Meaning
Unsubstantiated, not based on fact or evidence.
Example Sentences
ill-founded criticism
Optimism rose to a third peak in 1846, when the eagerness of investors to take up shares in new companies precipitated a financial panic in which many ill-founded schemes perished.
He said, the part of the sentence which stated that the court “having heard the evidence, and maturely and seriously considered the whole, are of opinion that the charge is malicious and ill-founded: […]”
In fact, for all of Morgan’s game dopiness and genius timing, the biggest laugh might come from famed particle physicist Brian Cox, who—after having to listen to yet another misguided and meandering anecdote about Cunk’s mate Paul, an ill-informed fount of knowledge for our title star—finally asks: “So what does Paul do?”
Synonyms for ill-founded
Depending on context, synonyms include ill-grounded, groundless, baseless, flimsy, unjustified.
Antonyms for ill-founded
Common opposites include well-grounded, well-founded.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include groundless, ungrounded, unsubstantiated, unfounded, baseless, unjustified.
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