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inborn

adjective

in·​born ˈin-ˈbȯrn How to pronounce inborn (audio)
1
: present from or as if from birth
2
: hereditary, inherited

Synonyms

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innate, inborn, inbred, congenital, hereditary mean not acquired after birth.

innate applies to qualities or characteristics that are part of one's inner essential nature.

an innate sense of fair play

inborn suggests a quality or tendency either actually present at birth or so marked and deep-seated as to seem so.

her inborn love of nature

inbred suggests something either acquired from parents by heredity or so deeply rooted and ingrained as to seem acquired in that way.

inbred political loyalties

congenital and hereditary refer to what is acquired before or at birth, the former to things acquired during fetal development and the latter to things transmitted from one's ancestors.

a congenital heart murmur
eye color is hereditary

Example Sentences

She has an inborn talent for music. That kind of knowledge is acquired, not inborn.
Recent Examples on the Web Yet in the long history of immunology, the concept of inborn resistance against infection is a fairly new and esoteric one. Grace Browne, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2022 Rather, perhaps via some inborn genetic quirk, her cells had found a way to naturally repel the pathogen’s assaults instead. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022 The new study attempted to obtain an understanding of intuitive physics in the same manner that developmental psychologists think an infant does by first displaying an inborn awareness of what an object is. Dana G. Smith, Scientific American, 11 July 2022 Anyway, Men In Black II arrived five years after the first, bringing a lot more inborn familiarity with its aliens-among-us premise, and considerably less shine. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 7 July 2022 From the late 19th and well into the 20th century, a host of conditions, which included lunacy but also feeblemindedness, epilepsy and pauperism, were believed to be caused by an inborn hereditary taint impervious to any and all treatment. Siri Hustvedt, Washington Post, 3 June 2022 Unfortunately, Robert also believed that the inborn qualities of Jews were lacking. Outside Online, 5 May 2022 Some of it might be inborn biology, drawn from genetics or age. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2022 For that matter, Baranski works wonders at conveying the inborn disdain Agnes has for people like the Russells, even when the scripts portray them as more or less the same. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of inborn was in 1513

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