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What is the adjective for staples?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb staple which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

staple
  1. Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
  2. Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
  3. Fit to be sold; marketable.
  4. Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. primary, key, fundamental, chief, central, principal, essential, basic, vital, crucial, main, prime, critical, major, leading, predominant, pivotal, dominant, foremost, important, necessary, core, indispensable, premier, prominent, first, standard, most important, number-one, most prominent, focal, cardinal, salient, intrinsic, elemental, elementary, quintessential, foundational, paramount, rudimentary, underlying, capital, root, inherent, innate, master, integral, arch, preeminent, grand … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “But what he cannot afford is an absolute shortage of the country's basic staple food.”
staplelike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a staple (fastening).
stapleless
  1. Without staples.
stapled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of staple
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fastened, fixt, fixed, affixed, nailed, pinned, secured, tacked, clipped, clipt, joined, stuck, sticked, put down, tied, linked, set, bound, put up, connected, annexed, tagged, pasted, mounted, hitched, held, caught, anchored, bonded, moored, coupled, clamped, appended, positioned, bounden, clasped, rivetted, glued, riveted, lashed, pinned down, clinched, buttoned, adjusted, tightened, buttoned down, pinioned, battened down, settled, tied down … more
stapling
  1. present participle of staple
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fastening, fixing, affixing, nailing, pinning, securing, tacking, clipping, joining, sticking, tying, linking, binding, connecting, annexing, holding, clasping, tagging, pinning down, mounting, pasting, putting down, putting up, hitching, anchoring, setting, coupling, catching, clamping, appending, positioning, bonding, mooring, glueing, rivetting, lashing, riveting, gluing, tightening, adjusting, buttoning, clinching, battening down, hooking on, pinioning, tying down, settling, cementing, locking up, buttoning down … more
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