inbred

Adjective
US[in-bred]/ˈɪnˌbrɛd/2 syllables
Synonyms: connaturalinborn

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. produced by inbreedingOpposite outbredSimilar interbred
  2. normally existing at birth“mankind's connatural sense of the good”Synonyms: connaturalinbornOpposite adoptedSimilar native
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

In′bred′ adjective

Bred within; innate; as, inbred worth. “Inbred sentiments.” Edmund Burke

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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