Unbased is better by a wide margin than baseless. I should still, however, prefer a non-negative form.
John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA On 6/17/12, Gerhard Postpischil <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/17/2012 9:05 AM, John Gilmore wrote: >> Words can of course have different specialized meanings in different >> contexts, but there is ordinarily an evolutionary path between these >> meanings. > > My favorite along these lines is "stench", that did not always > mean unpleasant. I vividly remember a streetcar ride where > almost every passenger carried freshly cut lilacs, to the point > where the smell was overpowering, though not unpleasant. > >> Alternative suggestions? > > I used "unbased". > > Gerhard Postpischil > Bradford, VT >
