Well-founded (Adjective)
Meaning
Based on sound reasoning or evidence; "well-founded suspicions".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The police had well-founded reasons to suspect the man of theft due to the eyewitness accounts and security footage.
- Her well-founded concerns about the company's financial stability led her to reconsider investing.
- The well-founded theory of evolution has been widely accepted by the scientific community for decades.
- The journalist's well-founded accusations of corruption against the government official sparked a national scandal.
- The well-founded fears of the local residents about the environmental impact of the new factory were eventually confirmed.