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unbasing

unbasing is the present participle and gerund of unbase.

Meaning of unbase

Verb

unbase (third-person singular simple present unbases, present participle unbasing, simple past and past participle unbased)

  1. (rare, transitive) To remove or shift the base or basis of.
    • But, sir, this is a question that has a native tendency to unbase the mind, to throw it completely off its balance; and its discussion is therefore to be approached and conducted with the utmost caution.1824, United States. Congress. House, Discussion of the Greek Question, page 23

Questions about unbasing

What is unbasing the present participle and gerund of?
Unbasing is the present participle and gerund of unbase.

Words near unbasing in the dictionary

  1. unbases
  2. unbashed
  3. unbashful
  4. unbashfully
  5. unbashfulness
  6. unbasing
  7. unbasketed
  8. unbastardized
  9. unbaste
  10. unbasted
  11. unbastes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unbasing (page history and authors); unbase (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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