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INBUILT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inbuilt mean?
• INBUILT (adjective)
The adjective INBUILT has 1 sense:
1. existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
Familiarity information: INBUILT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
Synonyms:
built-in; constitutional; inbuilt; inherent; integral
Context example:
a constitutional inability to tell the truth
Similar:
intrinsic; intrinsical (belonging to a thing by its very nature)
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