baseless
/ˈbeɪsləs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "baseless accusations; baseless rumors"
- "But Rodríguez says, “Neither the law nor the facts support Senator Grassley’s baseless allegations and extrapolated conclusions."
- "Speaking to RAIL, a DfT spokesman said: "We do not recognise these baseless, false figures. Just last month we provided an update to Parliament on the costs of the project and confirmed that it would be delivered within the funding envelope. […].""
- "More significant still — and most obviously in debt to the painterly imagination — this floating statue is the first baseless statue ever made. It is as though Bernini had taken Michelangelo's 'Pieta' and made it fly."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English baseless From base + -less.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈbeɪsləs/
Derived Forms
Phrases
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Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 478. Demonstration
Frequently Paired Words
Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 463. Experiment
Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 478. Demonstration