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inborn

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in·born  (nbôrn)
adj.
1. Possessed by an organism at birth. See Synonyms at innate.
2. Inherited or hereditary.

inborn [ˈɪnˈbɔːn]
adj
existing from birth; congenital; innate
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inborn - present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development
nonheritable, noninheritable - not inheritable
2.inborn - normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of the good"
native - belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language"

inborn
adjective natural, inherited, inherent, hereditary, instinctive, innate, intuitive, ingrained, congenital, inbred, native, immanent, in your blood, hard-wired, connate It is clear that the ability to smile is inborn.
Translations
inborn [ˈɪnbɔːn] ADJ [ability, talent] → innato

inborn [ˌɪnˈbɔːrn] adj [feeling, ability] → inné(e)

inborn
adjangeboren

inborn [ˈɪnˈbɔːn] adj (feeling) → innato/a; (defect) → congenito/a
inborn [ˈɪnˈbɔːn] adj (feeling) → innato/a; (defect) → congenito/a

inborn
adj inborn [ˈinˈboːn]
natural; possessed by a person from birth an inborn ability to paint. aangebore فِطْري، طَبيعي вроден vrozený medfødt angeboren έμφυτος innato kaasasündinud مادرزادی synnynnäinen inné מוּלָד प्राकृतिक, जन्मजात, स्वाभाविक urođen veleszületett bakat meðfæddur innato 生まれつきの 타고난 įgimtas iedzimts semula jadi aangeboren medfødt wrodzony natural înnăscut врождённый vrodený prirojen urođen medfödd โดยกำเนิด doğuştan 天生的 природжений; природний پیدائشی bẩm sinh


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Another sort of quality is that in virtue of which, for example, we call men good boxers or runners, or healthy or sickly: in fact it includes all those terms which refer to inborn capacity or incapacity.
The word talent, by which they meant an inborn, almost physical, aptitude apart from brain and heart, and in which they tried to find an expression for all the artist had gained from life, recurred particularly often in their talk, as though it were necessary for them to sum up what they had no conception of, though they wanted to talk of it.
Their freedom of expression was at first incomprehensible to her, though she had no difficulty in reconciling it with a lofty chastity which in the Creole woman seems to be inborn and unmistakable.
 
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