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most fundamental

ADJECTIVE

basic, important

Synonyms

STRONGEST

central constitutional crucial elemental elementary essential indispensable integral intrinsic major necessary paramount principal radical significant structural theoretical underlying vital

STRONG

bottom cardinal first key organic original primary prime primitive requisite supporting

WEAK

axiological axiomatic basal bottom-line constitutive foundational grass-roots meat-and-potatoes primordial rudimentary substratal substrative sustaining underived

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accessory auxiliary extrinsic inessential insignificant learned least lesser minor needless nonessential secondary trivial unimportant unnecessary

WEAK

additional advanced extra subordinate

Example Sentences

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Since I think soy sauce is definitely the most fundamental of Washoku’s basic seasonings, I believe we must preserve the traditional method for the next generation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

On the most fundamental level, the demand for privacy is not about paranoia or fear.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

The mattering instinct “implicates both the most fundamental law of the science of matter, the law of entropy,” as well as “the biological imperative to resist it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Analysts at Wedbush said in a Sunday note that despite last week’s ”jitters” in AI stocks, they remain confident that “ most fundamental drivers and trading signals remain positive.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 14, 2025

And that is perhaps the first and most fundamental thing that all novice oarsmen must learn about competitive rowing in the upper echelons of the sport: that pain is part and parcel of the deal.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown