well founded
adjective/ˌwel ˈfaʊndɪd/
/ˌwel ˈfaʊndɪd/
(also less frequent well grounded)
- 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.
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