groundless

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Groundless interpretations of this event, mainly by those seeking to win the war for attention on social media, contributed to obscuring the truth.

From Scientific American • May 8, 2023

Groundless accusations of colluding with foreigners or causing the coronavirus outbreak stigmatize protesters, said Chih-Jou Jay Chen, professor of sociology at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2023

His report, which he presents to the UN’s Human Rights Council this month, triggered a peppery riposte from the hurriedly created Academics’ Alliance for Correcting Groundless Criticisms of Japan, a group of uptight university professors.

From Economist • Jun. 8, 2017

"Groundless accusations which are not supported by anything are being rehearsed in an amateurish, unprofessional way. We don't know what information they are actually relying on."

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2017

In 1573 Flacius published an answer to Hesshusius's Antidote entitled, Solid Refutation of the Groundless Sophistries, Calumnies, and Figments, as also of the Most Corrupt Errors of the "Antidote" and of Other Neopelagian Writers.

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)