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Inhibited
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example Sentences
- Numerous studies have shown that parental and nurturing behaviors are mediated by prolactin while inhibited by testosterone.
- The execution of the deleveraging process has inhibited economic growth in developed countries, not deleveraging itself.
- The divisions then become more defined, and communication becomes severely inhibited.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
2.
to prohibit; forbid.
3.
Psychology. to consciously or unconsciously suppress or restrain (psychologically or sociologically unacceptable behavior).
4.
Chemistry. to decrease the rate of action of or stop (a chemical reaction).
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English inhibiten < Latin inhibitus, past participle of inhibēre to restrain, equivalent to in- in-2 + -hibēre, combining form of habēre to have, hold
1425–75; late Middle English inhibiten < Latin inhibitus, past participle of inhibēre to restrain, equivalent to in- in-2 + -hibēre, combining form of habēre to have, hold
Related forms
in·hib·it·a·ble, adjective
in·ter·in·hib·i·tive, adjective
non·in·hib·i·tive, adjective
non·in·hib·i·to·ry, adjective
EXPANDo·ver·in·hib·it, verb (used with object)
sub·in·hib·i·to·ry, adjective
un·in·hib·it·ing, adjective
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| inhibited | |
adjective | |
| held back or restrained or prevented; "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear" [ant: uninhibited] |
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