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ground·less

groundless

pronunciation:
graUnd lihs
part of speech: adjective
definition: not having a logical foundation; unsubstantiated.
groundless suspicions
synonyms:
baseless, tenuous, unfounded, unsubstantial, unwarranted
antonyms:
well-founded, well-grounded
similar words:
conjectural, erroneous, faulty, hypothetical, idle, illogical, irrational, speculative
derivations: groundlessly (adv.), groundlessness (n.)