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inborn

[ in-bawrn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

naturally present at birth; innate.
Synonyms: hereditary, congenital, native, natural, inherent, inbred
Antonyms: learned

inborn

/ ˈɪnˈbɔːn /

Origin of inborn¹

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

In fact, all tests are achievement tests—they reveal not inborn ability but the skills a person has acquired up to that point.

All tests are achievement tests—they reveal not inborn ability but the skills a person has acquired up to that point.

These were proofs, had any been needed, of her inborn delight in life and her own loveliness.

It is the proving that bends the back, tries the patience, strains to the utmost the man's inborn Instinct of the Metal.

Freedom of will would then have to be acknowledged even in inanimate things; for even fire acts according to its inborn nature.

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

You may say that a girl of such a family cannot help being cultivated: culture is inborn.

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