ill-founded
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She did not make any of these dangerous and ill-founded accusations in her relatively short speech Monday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024
The boycott was also described as "disheartening and ill-founded" by the firm, which relies on thousands of independent businesses to own and operate most of its more than 40,000 stores around the world.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024
“The terminations in late 2020 were unrelated to the ill-founded concerns raised by the employees in 2019.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
That’s why it’s notable that even as the Belcher decision repudiated an ill-founded, punitive approach to teenage crime, Connecticut’s parole board adopted a humane alternative.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
And both my fear and my hope proved ill-founded.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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