ill-founded

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ill-founded

adjective more ill-founded · most ill-founded

Unsubstantiated, not based on fact or evidence. ill-founded criticism
Similar: ill-grounded, groundless, baseless, flimsy, unjustified · Opposite: well-grounded, well-founded, on solid ground

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@misc{ill_founded_2026,
  title = {ill-founded},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ill-founded},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}