unfounded assumption

collocation in English

meaningsofunfoundedandassumption

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withassumption.
unfounded
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈfaʊn.dɪd/us
/ʌnˈfaʊn.dɪd/
If a claim or piece of news is unfounded, it is not based ...
See more atunfounded
assumption
noun
uk
/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/us
/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/
something that you accept as true without question ...
See more atassumption

(Definition ofunfoundedandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunfounded assumption

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
This is anunfoundedassumption.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It was an absolutelyunfoundedassumption, and there was no scientific evidence to support it.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is surely quite anunfoundedassumptionif we assume that all these companies are engaged wholly on armament work or in some cases mainly on armament work.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It rests on theunfoundedassumptionthat a new upheaval will remove the causes of discontent and lead us inevitably to the hoped-for millennium.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is anunfoundedassumption.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is anunfoundedassumption.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The state courts later ruled that the property had been overvalued by the appraiser'sunfoundedassumptionof its value for development or mitigation.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The first was that it contained unfounded assumptions.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is discussed, whether these predictions may have been made on unfounded assumptions.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
This idea gained limited support from some scholars, but has been shown to be based on unfounded assumptions about eating habits, agriculture and demographics, making it a highly unlikely scenario.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofunfounded
Go to the definition ofassumption
See other collocations withassumption