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ill-founded

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌill-ˈfounded adjective formal  UNTRUEbased on something that is untrue 理由不充分的,没有根据的,站不住脚的 His fears proved ill-founded. 他的恐惧事实证明是杞人忧天。
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ill-foundedBut any doubts about Marillion's future were clearly ill-founded.The experience of the 1970s, further, demonstrated that the principal argument in favour of flexible exchange rates was ill-founded.Suppositions built on postcards and photographs might be as ill-founded as his short-lived suspicions of being followed the night before.The trouble is that the revised version of the legend of the Courts of Love is as ill-founded as the old one.The whole enterprise was ill-founded from the start.But the case of Auerbach merely serves to illustrate how ill-founded the criterion is.ill-founded worries
ˌill-ˈfounded adjectiveChineseSyllable
on is Corpus based that something untrue


ill-founded
ˌill-ˈfounded adjective formal
based on something that is untrue:
    His fears proved ill-founded.


ill-foundedBrE /ˌɪl ˈfaʊndɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɪl ˈfaʊndɪd/ 🔊 adjective (formal) not based on fact or truth 凭空的;无根据的;毫无理由的All our fears proved ill-founded. 我们所有的担心结果都证明是杞人忧天。🔊🔊 OPP well founded