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Meanings of well-founded in English

Based on sound reasoning or evidence.

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Examples for "tenable"
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But a very slight change in the explanation will make it tenable.
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The place was not tenable at the period of his first summons.
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I tried to shift us both into a slightly more tenable position.
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4
The following supposition is tenable, if the chronology of Foerster is correct.
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Inquiries were instituted, and showed that the hypothesis was at least tenable.
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Usage of well-founded in English
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However, my explanation for making ten-year-olds run wind sprints was always well-founded.
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Two weeks later, it's evident fears of a pandemic rebound were well-founded.
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I was appalled, firstly from timidity, secondly out of very well-founded modesty.
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In some respects, this degree of confidence in the euro is well-founded.
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The captain replied, that he was afraid his apprehensions were too well-founded.
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I'm not all that convinced as to how well-founded those fears are.
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No doubt the missionary was right and my father's fears were well-founded.
The Call of the South / 1908
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Facts seemingly contradict facts, well-founded theories contradict other theories as well founded.
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They wanted to be off, and hoped Cora's observations were not well-founded.
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Some of their grievances with Barack Obama's twice-elected running mate are well-founded.
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But one cannot discount the villagers' well-founded fear and common sense.
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Eide warned last week that opposition fears of an unfair poll were well-founded.
Reuters
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When it comes to the latter, that faith is mostly well-founded.
The Guardian
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She yielded to France her own well-founded claims to political influence in Morocco.
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And he knew now that it had been a well-founded prescience.
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Electoral Saxony and Mecklenburg have well-founded pretensions, even if Zweibrucken were not existing.
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