unbased
Syllables: un·based/ʌnˈbeɪst/
unbased adjective: without a sound basis; unfounded; baseless. Also the simple past and past participle of unbase.
Adjective
unbased (comparative more unbased, superlative most unbased)
- Without a sound basis; unfounded; baseless.
- We have the feudal state in the gloomy and Gothic grandeur of Northumberland House; we pass along the Strand, where Jack Cade pursued his brief triumph—the prototype of every popular insurrection unbased on any great principle—sudden, cruel, and useless!1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 148
- To revive questions supposed to be long since settled, may be thought to need some apology; but there is a sufficient apology in the implication above made clear, that the theory commonly accepted is ill-based or unbased.1884, Popular Science, volume 25, number 19, page 290
- Not based; cringeworthy, contemptible.
Also used as
unbased is also the simple past and past participle of unbase.
Forms of unbased
| comparative | more unbased |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unbased |
Origin of unbased
From un- + based.
Words that rhyme with unbased
Questions about unbased
- What does unbased mean?
- Unbased means without a sound basis; unfounded; baseless.
- What part of speech is unbased?
- Unbased is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unbased?
- Unbased is pronounced /ʌnˈbeɪst/.
Words near unbased in the dictionary
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