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Ungrounded vs Unfounded - What's the difference?

ungrounded | unfounded | Synonyms |

Unfounded is a synonym of ungrounded.



As adjectives the difference between ungrounded and unfounded

is that ungrounded is not grounded while unfounded is having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts.

As a verb ungrounded

is past tense of unground.

ungrounded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (unground)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not grounded.
    • The defendant's claims are fictitious; they are entirely ungrounded in fact.
  • (electricity, electronics) Not connected to ground potential
    • Unlike coaxial cable where the outer conductor is grounded, twisted pair is usually ungrounded .

    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