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in·bred
(ĭn′brĕd′)adj.
1. Produced by inbreeding.
2. Consisting of or involving a homogenous or unvaried group of people: "[The college's] faculty became markedly less inbred, with the proportion of alumni dropping from 68 to 41 percent" (Jerome Karabel).
3. Fixed in the character or disposition as if inherited; deep-seated: an inbred distrust of radicalism.
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inbred
(ˈɪnˈbrɛd)adj
1. (Biology) produced as a result of inbreeding
2. deeply ingrained; innate: inbred good manners.
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in•bred
(ˈɪnˈbrɛd)adj.
1. naturally inherent; innate: an inbred grace.
2. resulting from or involved in inbreeding.
[1585–95]
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Adj. | 1. | inbred - produced by inbreeding outbred - bred of parents not closely related; having parents of different classes or tribes |
2. | inbred - normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of the good" native - belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language" |
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inbred
adjective innate, natural, constitutional, native, ingrained, inherent, deep-seated, immanent, hard-wired behaviour patterns that are inbred
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inbred
adjectiveForming an essential element, as arising from the basic structure of an individual:
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inbred
[ˈɪnbred] ADJ (= innate) → innato; (= result of in-breeding) → engendrado por endogamiawe're too inbred in this company → en esta empresa estamos demasiado cerrados al exterior
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inbred
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inbred
[ˈɪnˈbrɛd] adj (tendency) → innato/aan inbred family (pej) una famiglia con un alto indice di unioni fra consanguinei
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inbred
adj endogámico (form), procrea do por uniones entre la misma familia extendidaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.