ungrounded

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unground

comparative more ungrounded · superlative most ungrounded

1. Not grounded; without ground or basis, unreal, false.

   The defendant's claims are fictitious; they are entirely ungrounded in fact.

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   Marx's conviction that the proletariat would evolve a revolutionary consciousness in this sense was not a scientific opinion but an ungrounded prophecy.

   1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 373

   Synonyms: baseless, idle, footless, groundless, unfounded, unjustified, unproved, unproven

2. businessNot connected to ground potential.

   Unlike coaxial cable where the outer conductor is grounded, twisted pair is usually ungrounded.

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   If the charge is allowed to build, the core will discharge into the hull of a ship. All ungrounded crew members are fried to a crisp, all electronic system are burned out, and metal bulkheads may be melted and fused together.

   2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: FTL Drive: Drive Charge Codex entry