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- Dictionaryinherent/ɪnˈhɛrənt/
adjective
- 1. existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute: "any form of mountaineering has its inherent dangers"
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existing as a natural and permanent quality of something or someone: The drug has certain inherent side effects.
Inherent literally refers to something that is "stuck in" something else so firmly that they can't be separated. A plan may have an inherent flaw that will cause it to fail; a person may have inherent virtues that everyone admires.
Inherent definition: existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute; inhering. See examples of INHERENT used in a sentence.
inherent. (ɪnherənt , -hɪər- ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] The inherent qualities of something are the necessary and natural parts of it. Stress is an inherent part of dieting. ...the dangers inherent in an outbreak of war. [+ in]
existing as a natural and permanent quality of something or someone: The drug has certain inherent side effects.
inherent (in somebody/something) that is a basic or permanent part of somebody/something and that cannot be removed synonym intrinsic. the difficulties inherent in a study of this type; Violence is inherent in our society. an inherent weakness in the design of the machine
We use the adjective inherent to describe attributes that are part of the essential nature of something. It's different from you being tall, rather than being a description, it has to be a quality and this quality is unchangeable.
existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute; inhering: an inherent distrust of strangers. Synonyms: ingrained, inbred, native, innate. Grammar. standing before a noun. inherent. / ɪnˈhɪərənt; -ˈhɛr- / adjective. existing as an inseparable part; intrinsic.
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