The rumor was completely without foundation.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

The rumor was without foundation.

the rumor had its origin in idle gossip

The rumor turned out to be false.

He did not admit it in so many words.

There wasn't a scrap of truth in the statement.

The report was unfounded, as I had thought.

I was extremely [more than] anxious about it.

The rumor turned out to be false.

The rumor was inspired by a misunderstanding.

the rumors weren't even faintly true

The rumor that Tanaka would quit our society [club] proved (to be) unfounded [false].

The rumour turned out false―proved to be unfounded.

The rumour proved to be unfounded―groundless.

The rumour proved to be unfounded―turned out to be groundless.

The rumour proved to be unfounded.

The rumor turned out true.

The rumor turned out to be true.

the film was impeccably authentic

I didn't press the point.

The rumor turned out false.

The rumor turned out to be false.

I was hardly prepared.

I wasn't myself yesterday.

The rumor turned out false.

The preparations were incomplete.

I never thought of that.

That never occurred to me.

It was a lost cause from the start.

I was too astonished to speak.

He didn't care a bit [twopence] what people would say about him.