Antonyms for ill-founded


Grammar : Adj
Spell : il-foun-did
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪlˈfaʊn dɪd


Definition of ill-founded

  • As in invalid : adj worthless; unfounded
Example sentences :
  • And Artois said to himself that the faint suspicion he had had was ill-founded.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • The problem did not seem to puzzle her, the problem of this feeling so ill-founded.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens
  • It will be seen hereafter, that this apprehension was not ill-founded.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II » by Sir John Ross
  • Well, all that would be ill-founded, unjust, and contrary to truth.
  • Extract from : « My Recollections of Lord Byron » by Teresa Guiccioli
  • It has met the fears of dying men, by giving a system to their ill-founded hopes.
  • Extract from : « Popery » by Edward Hoare
  • Yet, I think, there is little doubt, that this preference is ill-founded.
  • Extract from : « The Gentle Shepherd: A Pastoral Comedy » by Allan Ramsay
  • Now, this may seem to you, my reader, like an ill-founded story.
  • Extract from : « The True Life Story of Swiftwater Bill Gates » by Iola Beebe
  • But such thoughts, whether well or ill-founded, came now all too late.
  • Extract from : « The Devil-Tree of El Dorado » by Frank Aubrey
  • But the church showed him that this anticipation was ill-founded.
  • Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. IV (of VI) » by Heinrich Graetz
  • I have said, too, it may be hoped, enough to show that contempt to be now ill-founded.
  • Extract from : « Glaucus » by Charles Kingsley

Synonyms for ill-founded

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