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inherent

[in-her-uhnt, -heer-]

adjective

  1. existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute; inhering.

    an inherent distrust of strangers.

  2. Grammar.,  standing before a noun.



inherent

/ ɪnˈhɪərənt, -ˈhɛr- /

adjective

  1. existing as an inseparable part; intrinsic

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  • inherently adverb
  • noninherent adjective
  • uninherent adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inherent1

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin inhaerent- (stem of inhaerēns ), present participle of the verb inhaerēre inhere; -ent
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On the other side, the fragmented opposition movement has been hampered by inherent weaknesses.

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He also said it underscored the risks inherent in that dependency.

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That’s because AI can “flexibly adapt” to the “highly variable environment” inherent to housebuilding and can enable the kind of automation—robots—that could be useful in such “highly variable” processes.

He pointed out that Biffa had taken out insurance with a premium of more than £3m, suggesting that this unusually high premium reflected the risk inherent in the scheme.

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But what betrays their inherent snowflake-ness is how much they cry about what they still don’t dominate and their continued use of brute force to try and subdue the slightest, well, slight.

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