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baseless
What does baseless mean?
baseless (adjective): without a basis in reason or fact.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use baseless in a sentence?
- Baseless gossip. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce baseless?
/ˈbeɪsləs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does baseless come from?
From base + -less.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of baseless?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “baseless”?
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What does “baseless” mean?
distant or otherwise inaccessible
Not quite: that's what remote means.
not divided or shared with others
Not quite: that's what exclusive means.
concerning all parts of the world
Not quite: that's what global means.
without a basis in reason or fact
Right! That's what “baseless” means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “baseless”?
available
Not quite: available means something else.
different
Not quite: different means something else.
unfounded
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important
Not quite: important means something else.
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