ill-founded
Example Sentences
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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
His comments were immediately met with backlash, with unions saying they were "ill-founded".
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2023
“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
However, given Einstein’s record of ill-founded opposition to gravitational collapse and the uncertainty principle, maybe this was an encouraging sign.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
