inborn
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3.4
- adjective
- /ˈɪnˌbɔrn/
:
innato
- Every child has an inborn ability to learn languages quickly.
- inborn errors
- inborn errors of methylcobalamin
- inborn predisposition
We need to provide a sensible system of incentives as well as equal opportunity for all to explore their unique inborn talent.
- We need to provide a sensible system of incentives as well as equal opportunity for all to explore their unique inborn talent.
- This terrible crime, judge, was inborn in their very nature, handed down from ancestry.
- And the Dragon's speech, we should reiterate for those who don't remember this, it's inborn.
- Because clearly, obviously people understand that, that our inborn sexual nature is easy to manipulate.
Examples
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Temperament, which is inborn, also plays a big role in a child's sense of optimism.
Academic text (2006) -
Gender is an inborn feature, and it can be easily identified.
Academic text (2009) -
Is curiosity inborn or can you do things?
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And my manners are inborn qualities.
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To craft characters this way, I teach writers to explore their characters' inborn traits first.
Academic text (2009) -
You referred to man's inborn sense of moral values, did you not?
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Montessori sees education as a help to the unfolding of the child's inborn psychic powers.
Academic text (1992) -
The teacher introduces the notion of an inborn "moral sense" (e.g., fairness, duty, etc.).
Academic text (1997) -
She has an inborn talent for music that was evident from a young age.
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His inborn curiosity drives him to explore new ideas and concepts.
Synonyms
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5.2
A quality present from birth that is not learned
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7.5
Present at birth and not always passed from parents
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6.8
Present from birth and not learned
Present from birth and natural to a person or animal
A person who has a natural skill from the start of life
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A health problem passed from parents that makes the body unable to use food properly
How Innate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inborn comes from the parts in- 'in' and born 'born', so it literally means 'born in' you. So, inborn describes a quality you have from birth, not something you learned.