ill-founded(形容词):缺乏充分依据的;站不住脚的;根据不可靠的。常用于形容指控、担忧、理论、批评等“没有证据支持”。
/ˌɪl ˈfaʊndɪd/
His fears were ill-founded.
他的担心是没有根据的。
The report concluded that the allegations were ill-founded and driven more by rumor than by evidence.
报告得出结论认为这些指控缺乏依据,与其说基于证据,不如说是由谣言推动的。
由 **ill-**(表示“不、坏、欠佳”,如 illogical)+ founded(found 的过去分词,意为“建立在……之上/以……为基础”)构成,字面意思是“基础不好/没有打好基础”,引申为“缺乏根据”。