1 The gloom of her first anticipations was proved to have been unfounded.
2 They judged it best that Lady Bertram should not be harassed by alarms which, it was to be hoped, would prove unfounded; but there was no reason why Fanny should not know the truth.
3 She had soon the mortification of seeing Mr Elliot withdraw, and no one of proper condition has since presented himself to raise even the unfounded hopes which sunk with him.
4 So I reasoned with myself in the morning, and I tell you the direction of my suspicions, however much the result may have shown that they were unfounded.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ... 5 The charge was not wholly unfounded.
6 It was horrible of a young girl to let herself be talked about; however unfounded the charges against her, she must be to blame for their having been made.
7 Finding my apprehensions unfounded, however, and calmed by the deep silence that reigned as evening declined at nightfall, I took confidence.