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Definition of well founded adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

well founded

adjective
 
/ˌwel ˈfaʊndɪd/
 
/ˌwel ˈfaʊndɪd/
(also less frequent well grounded)
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  1. having good reasons or evidence to cause or support it
    • well-founded suspicions
    • His fear turned out to be well founded.
    • Our suspicions were well founded.
    opposite ill-founded
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