Hide / Remove App Store updates for base applications (incl. Safari)

Is it possible to stop the App Store from giving notifications that cannot permanently be dismissed for unapplied updates to particular applications that come as part of the base system, in particular Safari.

The command sudo softwareupdate --ignore Safari && echo @SUCCESS exits successfully on Mavericks:

Password:
Ignored updates:
(
    Safari
)
@SUCCESS

But the uninstalled update for Safari still remains.

A high proportion the most updates I receive are to these base-system apps that I have no use for (Safari is the most frequent offender, iBooks has annoyed me). A nuisance-free way of deinstalling any of these applications would be a very good answer.

For non-base applications, updates can be suppressed according to the answer at http://ift.tt/1GPleDr, from where I got the above command.