ungrounded

English

Etymology 1

Verb

ungrounded

1. simple past and past participle of unground

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

ungrounded (comparative more ungrounded, superlative most ungrounded)

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:baseless

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

2. (electricity, electronics) Not connected to ground potential

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

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

     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.

Translations

not grounded, unreal, false

• Bulgarian: неоснователен (bg) (neosnovatelen), неоправдан (bg) (neopravdan)
• Finnish: perusteeton (fi), perätön (fi)
• German: aus der Luft gegriffen
• Hungarian: alaptalan (hu), megalapozatlan (hu), légből kapott
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• Swedish: grundlös (sv), ogrundad (sv)

not connected to ground potential

• Bulgarian: незаземен (nezazemen)
• Finnish: maadoittamaton
• German: ungeerdet, nicht geerdet
• Hungarian: földeletlen
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• Swedish: ojordad (sv)