adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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adj
Meaning 1
Having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English founded English unfounded From un- + founded.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
անհիմն
(anhimn)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Basque:
funsgabe
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Belarusian:
беспадста́ўны
(bjespadstáwny)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Belarusian:
неабгрунтава́ны
(njeabhruntavány)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Belarusian:
безгрунто́ўны
(bjezhruntówny)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Bulgarian:
неоснова́телен
(neosnovátelen)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Bulgarian:
необоснова́н
(neobosnován)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Catalan:
infundat
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Chinese Mandarin:
莫須有 /莫须有
(mòxūyǒu)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Czech:
nepodložený
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Danish:
grundløs
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Danish:
ubegrundet
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Finnish:
perusteeton
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Finnish:
perätön
— not based on solid reasons or facts
French:
non fondé
— not based on solid reasons or facts
French:
dénué de fondement
— not based on solid reasons or facts
French:
infondé
— not based on solid reasons or facts
French:
sans fondement
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Georgian:
უსაფუძვლო
(usapuʒvlo)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
German:
unbegründet
— not based on solid reasons or facts
German:
grundlos
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Hebrew:
חסר בסיס
(khasár basís)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Hungarian:
alaptalan
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Hungarian:
megalapozatlan
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Japanese:
根拠のない
(konkyo no nai)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Korean:
근거가 없는
(geun'geo-ga eomneun)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Northern Kurdish:
bêbingeh
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Māori:
mākiri
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Eastern Mari:
амалдыме
(amaldyme)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Norwegian Bokmål:
grunnløs
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Norwegian Bokmål:
grunnlaus
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Norwegian Bokmål:
ubegrunnet
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Norwegian Nynorsk:
grunnlaus
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Polish:
bezpodstawny
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Polish:
bezzasadny
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Polish:
nieuzasadniony
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Portuguese:
infundado
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Romanian:
nefondat
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Romanian:
neîntemeiat
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Russian:
беспо́чвенный
(bespóčvennyj)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Russian:
безоснова́тельный
(bezosnovátelʹnyj)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Russian:
необосно́ванный
(neobosnóvannyj)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Spanish:
infundado
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Spanish:
que no tiene ni pies ni cabeza
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Spanish:
infundamentado
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Spanish:
sin fundamento
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Spanish:
non fundamentado
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Swedish:
ogrundad
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Swedish:
grundlös
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Swedish:
obefogad
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Turkish:
temelsiz
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Turkish:
asılsız
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Turkish:
köksüz
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Ukrainian:
безпідста́вний
(bezpidstávnyj)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Ukrainian:
необґрунто́ваний
(neobgruntóvanyj)
— not based on solid reasons or facts
Vietnamese:
vô căn cứ
— not based on solid reasons or facts