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in•her•ent
Pronunciation: (in-hēr'unt, -her'-), [key]—
adj.
1. existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute:
an inherent distrust of strangers.
2. Gram.standing before a noun.
3. inhering; infixed.
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