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Meaning of inborn in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌɪnˈbɔrn/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    inborn

    Definitions

    1. normally existing at birth

    Examples

    • « mankind's connatural sense of the good »

    Synonyms

    • normal
  2. 2. present at birth but not necessarily hereditary

    Examples

    • « acquired during fetal development »

    Synonyms

    • noninheritable
    • nonheritable

Famous quotes

  • « I'm not asking that people accept homosexuality. I'm not asking that they believe like I do that it's inborn. I'm not asking that. All I'm saying is don't let these children suffer without a family because of your bias. »
    Rosie O'Donnell
  • « The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us. »
    Paul Valery
  • « Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education. »
    Marcus Tullius Cicero

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