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infondato

unfounded

adjective een-fohn-DAH-toh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Also means

groundless

Usage Note

Infondato describes an accusation, claim, or fear that has no factual basis — accusa infondata (unfounded accusation), timore infondato (groundless fear). It is a formal adjective; in everyday speech Italians may say senza fondamento or simply falso. The prefix in- is the standard negative privative.

Examples

"Le accuse contro di lui erano infondate."

Natural Translation

The accusations against him were unfounded.

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