Defective
Unfounded
Unfounded adjective - Having no basis in reason or fact.
Defective and unfounded are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defective" instead an adjective "Unfounded".
Nearby Word: unfoundedly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- wrong and defective
- wrong and unfounded
- false and defective
- false and unfounded
- distorted and defective
- distorted and unfounded
- faulty and defective
- faulty and unfounded
- flimsy and defective
- flimsy and unfounded
- invalid and defective
- invalid and unfounded
- illogical and defective
- illogical and unfounded
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Unfounded and Defective. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defective/unfounded
Defective & Unfounded. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/defective/unfounded>.
Unfounded or Defective. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/defective/unfounded.
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