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What is the adjective for based?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs base and basify which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

base
  1. (obsolete) Low in height; short.
  2. Low in place or position.
  3. (obsolete) Of low value or degree.
  4. (archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
  5. Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
  6. (now rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
  7. Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble.
  8. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
  9. Not classical or correct.
  10. Obsolete form of bass.
  11. (law) Not held by honourable service.
  12. Synonyms:
      13. sordid, ignoble, vile, immoral, improper, bad, cheap, contemptible, despicable, evil, foul, iniquitous, shoddy, sinful, squalid, unscrupulous, vulgar, wicked, wretched, wrong, corrupt, depraved, disreputable, ignominious, low, tawdry, unprincipled, unsavory, unsavoury, unseemly, debased, degenerate, dishonest, dishonourable, dissolute, mean, reprobate, scandalous, shameful, abject, abominable, currish, detestable, dirty, discreditable, dishonorable, execrable, humble, infamous, nasty … more
  13. Examples:
      14. “It provides enormous revenue for the unscrupulous and gratification for the irrepressible base instincts of men.”
basal
  1. basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin
  2. (anatomy) associated with the base of an organism or structure
  3. (medicine) a minimal level that is necessary, such as a minimum dose of a drug
  4. (chiefly systematics) In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. basic, fundamental, elementary, essential, rudimentary, underlying, elemental, introductory, rudimental, beginning, lowest, abecedarian, necessary, initial, easy, basilar, meat-and-potatoes, primary, foundational, radical, primitive, vital, key, cardinal, intrinsic, bottom, root, principal, central, simple, chief, crucial, low, undermost, first, ground, bottommost, indispensable, lowermost, base, original, nethermost, last, inherent, main, simplest, basement, important, critical, uncomplicated … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “These cells originate in the lower epidermis by division of basal cells in the basal layer.”
basic
  1. Necessary, essential for life or some process.
  2. Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
  3. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
  4. (slang) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. essential, fundamental, key, primary, vital, elementary, crucial, elemental, important, indispensable, principal, cardinal, central, foundational, rudimentary, staple, necessary, underlying, chief, critical, inherent, main, quintessential, focal, intrinsic, needed, pivotal, requisite, root, rudimental, salient, basal, beginning, constitutional, ingrained, innate, introductory, capital, bread and butter, integral, prime, meat-and-potatoes, natural, first, constitutive, primal, paramount, abecedarian, radical, major … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Typing is on the curriculum in several countries, where it is seen as a basic skill.”
      “We didn't have much money or time and just rented a basic motel room.”
      “Camcorders range in features from basic to those with more advanced options.”
based
  1. Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.
  2. (slang, of a person) Not caring what others think about his or her personality, style, or behavior; focused on maintaining individuality.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. located, situated, stationed, established, placed, positioned, premised, sited, planted, found, posted, settled, occupying, set, arranged, installed, deposited, allotted, allocated, implanted, rated, lodged, stored, fixed, stowed, quartered, seated, parked, rooted, left, sitting, put, lying, reposing, resting, set on, settled on, supported by, carefree, insouciant, indifferent, nonchalant, unconcerned, not caring what others think, indifferent to what others think, untroubled about what others think, unworried about what others think, free from care about what others think … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “This is where their headquarters is based.”
      “He's so based that he'll walk around town in orange, parachute pants if that's what he feels like doing.”
basilar
  1. Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or a lung.
  2. Lower; inferior; base.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. basal, basic, fundamental, elementary, essential, rudimentary, underlying, elemental, introductory, rudimental, beginning, lowest, abecedarian, necessary, initial, easy, meat-and-potatoes, primary, foundational, radical, primitive, vital, key, cardinal, intrinsic, bottom, root, principal, central, simple, chief, crucial, low, undermost, first, ground, bottommost, indispensable, lowermost, base, original, nethermost, last, inherent, main, simplest, basement, important, critical, uncomplicated … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The basilar part of the brain is responsible for controlling vital functions such as breathing and heartbeat.”
      “He discovered that a sound stimulus entering the inner ear causes a wave-like distortion to propagate along the basilar membrane.”
      “The Corallimorpharia have a flattened adherent base, similar to Scleractinia, but without a base plate or basilar muscles.”
baseless
  1. Of reasoning: based on something that is not true.
  2. Without a physical base.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. groundless, unfounded, unsubstantiated, unsupported, unwarranted, unjustified, foundationless, unproven, unreasonable, uncorroborated, spurious, unverified, unconfirmed, questionable, conjectural, false, speculative, unreliable, unsound, invalid, nonvalid, untested, ungrounded, unattested, misguided, unjustifiable, misinformed, idle, fabricated, vain, erroneous, fallacious, specious, untrue, gratuitous, reasonless, untenable, flimsy, ill-founded, without basis, trumped-up, trumped up, not backed up by evidence, without merit, without substantiation, without foundation, illogical, misleading, weak, inaccurate … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “It seems to me baseless utopianism to suppose they were once integrated in a roseate pre-capitalist past.”
      “He has no shame and no compunction about throwing around baseless, false accusations such as liar, theft and fraud.”
      “It's groundless, it's baseless, it's something which we don't do and will never do.”
basifixed
  1. (botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament at the base and pointing away from the filament.
basewide
  1. Throughout a military base.
baselike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a base (in various senses).
basisolute
  1. (botany) Prolonged at the base, like certain leaves.
basifugal
  1. (botany) Tending or proceeding away from the base.
basalmost
  1. (systematics) Which is most basal.
basilary
  1. Alternative form of basilar
baser
  1. comparative form of base: more base
  2. Synonyms:
      3. subordinate, inferior, lesser, lower, lowly, junior, low, minor, supporting, subaltern, subalternate, lower-ranking, low-grade, low-ranking, second-fiddle, bottom-rung, second-class, second-string, lower-class, second-rate, third-string, entry-level, second-banana … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “As always, his cognitive thought processes were giving way to baser, animal instincts.”
      “Even as the two Normans zing each other about their positions on existentialism and foreign policy, they contend on a baser, dirtier plane.”
      “That vote may have been evilly garnered by preying on people's baser tendencies, but again, a vote's a vote.”
basest
  1. superlative form of base: most base
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sordidest, ignoblest, vilest, baddest, cheapest, evillest, foulest, shoddiest, squalidest, vulgarest, wickedest, wretchedest, lowest, tawdriest, unseemliest, meanest, abjectest, dirtiest, humblest, nastiest, paltriest, pettiest, snidest, disgustingest, coarsest, commonest, lowliest, pitifullest, poorest, sleaziest, sorriest, trashiest, ugliest, most immoral, most improper, most contemptible, most despicable, most iniquitous, most sinful, most unscrupulous, most wrong, most corrupt, most depraved, most disreputable, most ignominious, most unprincipled, most unsavory, most unsavoury, most degenerate, most dishonest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “In every case, they are motivated by the basest and most transparent political calculations.”
      “These individuals are encouraged to realize their basest desires in the US military.”
      “The result of this gridlock, Americans are so often told, is politics of the basest sort.”
basing
  1. present participle of base
  2. Synonyms:
      3. grounding, resting, building, founding, establishing, constructing, hinging, hingeing, rooting, depending, forming, hanging, originating, predicating, centring, centreing, centering, deriving, planting, stemming, creating, emanating, propping, staying, springing, setting up, using as a basis, having its origin in, placing, posting, stationing, locating, garrisoning, installing, positioning, situating, deploying, setting, siting, fixing, headquartering … more
basified
  1. simple past tense and past participle of basify
  2. Synonyms:
      3. alkalified
basifying
  1. present participle of basify
  2. Synonyms:
      3. alkalifying
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