ungrounded

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

Adjective

  1. Not grounded; without ground or basis, unreal, false.
    • The defendant's claims are fictitious; they are entirely ungrounded in fact.

    Synonyms: baseless idle footless groundless unfounded ungrounded unjustified unproved unproven unsubstantiated unsupported

  2. Not connected to ground potential
    • Unlike coaxial cable where the outer conductor is grounded, twisted pair is usually ungrounded.
    • 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...

Origin

From Middle English ungroundid, ungronded, ungrundid, ungrounded; equivalent to un- + grounded.

Forms

more ungrounded most ungrounded

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of unground

Origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.