ill-founded

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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

By the autumn of 2021 Europeans were disappointed in the Biden administration and felt their hopes that a post-Trump America would be more collegial were ill-founded.

From BBC

The truth is that U.S.-China relations involve major trade and business partnerships, defying ill-founded and unhelpful comparisons to the Cold War era.

From Slate

Richard Revesz, who directs the Institute for Policy Integrity at the New York University School of Law, said the Louisiana judge’s decision was “one of the most aggressive and ill-founded administrative law opinions” that he has read in recent years.

From Washington Post

A detailed Johns Hopkins University analysis recently revealed that lockdowns have saved few lives in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, calling the policy “ill-founded’ and advising that lockdowns be rejected.

From Washington Times