basest
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But the effect on most of its victims was to bring out their basest instincts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Detractors said the app catered to the basest human interests — celebrity gossip, scandal, disaster and violence — to keep users hooked as long as possible.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
They prefer stuff like "Warrior Poet Society," because it flatters their basest instincts.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2022
Variety calls the film, the debut feature from writer-director Wyatt Rockefeller, a “stark, scorched, occasionally jolting sci-fi slow burn in which relocating to the Red Planet can’t save humanity from its basest instincts.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2021
Gleefully, she turned on the faithful Robbie, and with the basest of ingratitude, rewarded him for his sacrifice by taunting him cruelly for a lack of running ability.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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