Modifying Another Word

• manifestly: I think the same may be said for manifestly unfounded claims.

• totally: Any hopes the Belgians might have had of rattling him were totally unfounded.

• wholly: Home Secretary Blunkett has said he would be amending the Bill to allow " wholly unfounded " claimants to be sent home without appeal.

• completely: FOUR KEY SKILLS All fears were completely unfounded of course!

• utterly: Or even because of the rumors doing the rounds when he arrived in Spain - utterly unfounded - that he took drugs.

• clearly: A significant number of the rest were clearly unfounded, which is unacceptable.

Modifies a noun

• accusation: New election spending limits plus a small expansion of present state funding would cleanse British politics from the unfounded accusations of sleaze.

• allegation: Have unfounded allegations been made about your client's work?

• rumor: Danny Fellows, regional manager with the T&G union, said part of the problem stemmed from unfounded rumors about safety at the site.

• assertion: The harmful effects of such unfounded assertions cause severe emotional distress, constituting a tangible harm to the groups affected.

• speculation: However, the state attorney general has said those claims are " baseless " and founded on " conjecture and unfounded speculation " .

• assumption: This report reaches conclusions ' based on unfounded assumptions ' , said the Government.

Used with adjective complement

• prove: However all such negative fears were to prove unfounded.

• seem: Fears of uneven depth of seed distribution seem unfounded.

• appear: Fears of increased cannabis usage as a result of the experiment would thus appear unfounded.

• remain: Needed a nameusagencies whether to remain unfounded McGrath Insurance Group increases and.

• become: However, almost immediately, my fears and concerns became totally unfounded.

Preposition: in

• fact: His Lordship said that the proposition was wholly unfounded in fact.