Russian is one of the richest and most beautiful languages in the world. Many synonyms, words of various stylistic coloring. Sometimes even native speakers may not know the meaning of some expressions. These words include "unfounded".
Origin of the word
The word "unfounded" in book speech is the result of adding two words: "naked" and "word". "Bare words" or "bare truth" were used in speech to show something unproven, based only on expressions. The word "unfounded" appeared only in the middle of the 19th century, until that time it was not mentioned in any dictionaries. In Polish, there is an expression "goloslovny", that is, it can be considered borrowed. This word very quickly took root, fell in love in Russia and began to be used everywhere. Now the word "unfounded" is used less often, but still it is sometimes found in books, newspapers, magazines and in colloquial speech.
What does the word "unfounded" mean?
PoTo the "Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language" by Sergei Ivanovich Ozhegov, "unfounded" is based only on words, without evidence. That is, these are empty sounds, not supported by any facts.
A person can be unfounded. In this case, unsubstantiated is someone who claims something without evidence.
Examples of the use of the word unfounded
The meaning of the word "unfounded" is best illustrated with concrete examples:
- Not wanting to be unfounded, Pyotr Pavlovich cited excerpts from old books. In this case, "unfounded" is a person who does not confirm the words with evidence.
- Maximov's judgment was so unfounded that none of those present believed him. Here "unsubstantiated" is unsubstantiated.
- Allegations don't deserve any attention. In this case, "unfounded" is also used in the sense of something baseless, based only on words.
