Definitions for in-and-in

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Spelling: [in-uh nd-in, -uh n-]
IPA: /ˈɪn əndˈɪn, -ən-/

In-And-In is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 2 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 3 points.

You can make 43 anagrams from letters in in-and-in (--adiinnn).

Definitions for in-and-in

adverb

  1. repeatedly within the same family, strain, etc.:

Origin of in-and-in

First recorded in 1620-30

Examples for in-and-in

in-and-in, a term applied to the breeding of animals from the same parentage.

The more well-bred the animals, the greater are the injurious effects of in-and-in breeding.

Many, perhaps, will see an additional cause in teleological considerations, aiming at the avoidance of in-and-in breeding.

Breeds of animals deteriorate rapidly through lack of nourishment and from in-and-in breeding.

Unceasingly did the drama practice the in-and-in breeding of sexual problems.

In fact, this in-and-in breeding seems one of the curses of village life, and a cause of stagnation and narrowness of mind.

Few domesticated animals suffer so much from in-and-in breeding as swine.

The red deer of the North Island represent the greatest case of in-and-in breeding of wild animals on record.

Word Value for in-and-in
Scrable

2

Words with friends

3

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