idle rumor

As an idle rumor spreads and grows among better cultured people so superstition held in power these watchful Indians.

"'Tis an idle rumor," said M. de Meilhan, in a dry tone that forced his dreadful friend to select another topic of conversation.

He had acted foolishly, and followed an idle rumor without sufficient thought.

It was rumored yesterday that the President would surely die,—an idle rumor, perhaps.

This is not mere idle rumor; it if a scientific fact well authenticated.