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Unfounded vs Unsupported - What's the difference?

unfounded | unsupported |

As adjectives the difference between unfounded and unsupported

is that unfounded is having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts while unsupported is without physical support.

unfounded

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts.
  • Not having been founded or instituted.
  • * 1980 , Helen Louise Gardner, ?John Carey, English Renaissance studies (page 268)
    • Even the great world as yet undiscovered, the cities as yet unfounded , and the history as yet unwritten, are lost: fallen from the beginning.

    Synonyms

    * (not based on solid reasons or facts) baseless, groundless, ungrounded

    unsupported

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Without physical support.
    • The bombed bridge was left unsupported and soon collapsed.
  • For which support or help is not available.
    • This obsolete software is unsupported . Please upgrade to the latest version.
  • Without confirmation from a credible source, without verifying support
    • The sentence was unsupported by an inline citation or general bibliographic reference source notes.

    Synonyms

    * nonsupported