Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ungrounded

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: un-ground-ed
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of unground

adj

Not grounded; without ground or basis, unreal, false.

adj

Not connected to ground potential.

Example Sentences

"The defendant's claims are fictitious; they are entirely ungrounded in fact."
"Marx's conviction that the proletariat would evolve a revolutionary consciousness in this sense was not a scientific opinion but an ungrounded prophecy."
"Unlike coaxial cable where the outer conductor is grounded, twisted pair is usually ungrounded."
"If the charge is allowed to build, the core will discharge into the hull of a ship. All ungrounded crew members are fried to a crisp, all electronic system are burned out, and metal bulkheads may be melted and fused together."

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un
Root: ungroundid

Inflected Forms

more ungrounded (comparative) most ungrounded (superlative)

Derived Forms

ungroundedly ungroundedness

Synonyms

baseless idle footless groundless unfounded ungrounded unjustified unproved unproven unsubstantiated unsupported

Questions

What does ungrounded mean?: simple past and past participle of unground
Where does ungrounded come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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