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inborn

UK/ˈɪn.bɔːn/US/ˈɪn.bɔɹn/
adjectiveC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,185 of 15,258neutral

Inborn means present from birth rather than learnt. An inborn talent.

It is claimed far more often than it can be shown, since practice is invisible and talent is not. An inborn condition is one somebody was born with rather than one that runs in a family.

Definitions of inborn

  1. 1adjectiveinbornPresent from birth rather than learnt.C1

    “What looked like an inborn gift was nine years of practice.”

inborn is a quality.

Practise this word

inborn in the wild

  • Finally, inborn errors of metabolism were studied for the first time by British physician Archibald Garrod, in 1908.

    Inborn errors of metabolism

  • The failure to effectively use these carbohydrate molecules accounts for the majority of the inborn errors of human carbohydrate metabolism.

    Inborn errors of carbohydrate metabolism

  • An inborn error of steroid metabolism is an inborn error of metabolism due to defects in steroid metabolism.

    Inborn errors of steroid metabolism

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