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from The Century Dictionary.
- Not abased; not lowered.
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Examples
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They attacked Adolf Portmann in 1956 that his arguments are unbased and unscientific because birds cool their testicles!
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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I haven't based these figures yet, so I had better get going on this before I accumulate too many unbased figures.
Archive 2008-01-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008
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I haven't based these figures yet, so I had better get going on this before I accumulate too many unbased figures.
On The Work Bench Der Alte Fritz 2008
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The popular media continues to reinforce this unbased fear.
Think Progress » UPDATE: White House Stands By Altered Transcript 2005
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I like the way you threw up all the sleasy, unbased references to every democrat who has ever held office, even though we all know that outside of Slick Willie, all of them were exernerated or innocent of the REPUBLICAN charges against them, huh?
Think Progress » DeLay Flies Corporate Jet to Arraignment 2005
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These reports are on one hand unbased, on the other hand as far as Syria is concerned this is so important for everybody to know.
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Ashamed of her unbased fright and furious that he had witnessed it, Lessa sat rebelliously down on the fur-covered wall seat, heartily wishing him a variety of serious and painful injuries that she could dress with inconsiderate hands.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
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The willing of the good springs not from love, but appears as something entirely independent and unbased, along-side of knowledge and along-side of love; and for the very reason that Aristotle knows not the moral power of love, he can discover for the civic virtue of the great multitude no other motive than fear.
Christian Ethics. Volume I.���History of Ethics. 1819-1870 1873
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Wikipedia's rules are actually pretty sensible, use a neutral point of view (which does not mean no POV, merely using neutral wording), consensus (which is supposed to involve reasons based on other guidelines, not just a matter of unreasoned, unbased disagreement with an edit - which unfortunately happens on Wikipedia), and no original research (meaning everything is to be backed up, and views given prominence based solely on sourcing).
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Mudkiep 2010
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He blames the Lebanese authorities for their unbased and early conclusions on whom to blame, based on a gas station worker's testimony!!! article.
The Ouwet Front: A Lebanese Forces Blog N10452 2010
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