inborn

[ in-bawrn ]
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adjective
  1. naturally present at birth; innate.

Origin of inborn

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English inboren “native, indigenous”; see in-1, born

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How to use inborn in a sentence

  • Those dancing clear blue eyes betrayed the inborn love of a high-spirited nature.

    The Dreadnought of the Air | Percy F. Westerman
  • You may say that a girl of such a family cannot help being cultivated: culture is inborn.

    Girls and Women | Harriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}

British Dictionary definitions for inborn

inborn

/ (ˈɪnˈbɔːn) /


adjective
  1. existing from birth; congenital; innate

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