inborn
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adjective
naturally present at birth; innate.
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| —adj | |
| existing from birth; congenital; innate | |
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Word Origin & History
inborn
O.E. inboren "native to a place," from in- "within" + boren "brought forth" (see born). Of qualities in a person, 1513.
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inborn in·born (ĭn'bôrn')
adj.
Possessed by an organism at birth.
Inherited or hereditary.
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Example sentences
The desire to please everything having eyes seems inborn in maidens.
Inborn errors of metabolism are rare genetic disorders in which the body cannot properly turn food into energy.
His inborn distrust of democracy was deepened by the postwar upheavals that finally sent him into banking.
True, there are inborn genetic errors and predispositions, it is all unfortunate and deserve funding and research.
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