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GROUNDLESSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does groundlessness mean?
• GROUNDLESSNESS (noun)
The noun GROUNDLESSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of lacking substance or value
Familiarity information: GROUNDLESSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of lacking substance or value
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
groundlessness; idleness
Context example:
the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized
Hypernyms ("groundlessness" is a kind of...):
ineptitude; worthlessness (having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful)
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