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1 baseless
• perusteeton• perätön• pohjaton* * *adjective (without foundation or reason: a baseless claim.) perätön -
2 idle
• olla joutilaana• tulokseton• toimeton• hyödytön• jouten• jonninjoutava• joutava• joutilas• joutavanpäiväinen• jouto-• joutokäynti• työtön• turha• tyhjä-• tyhjä• turhanpäiväinen• tyhjänpäiväinentechnology• tyhjäkäynti• velttoilla• veltto• varaamaton• vetelehtiä• epäonnistunut• ajelehtia• vapaa• levossa oleva• lepo-• lekotella• harhailla• mitäänsanomaton• nahjustella• maleksia• kuljeksia• käydä tyhjäkäyntiä• käydä tyhjänä• laiskotella• laiska• lorvia• lorvailla• lois-• lorvehtia* * *1. adjective1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) toimeton2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) laiska3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) tehoton4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) joutava2. verb1) (to be idle or do nothing: On holiday they just idled from morning till night.) laiskotella2) (of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work: They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map.) olla tyhjäkäynnillä•- idler- idleness
- idly
- idle away
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without foundation — index gratuitous (unwarranted), ill founded, illogical, insubstantial, nonsubstantial (not sturdy), unfounded, unsupporte … Law dictionary
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