Definitions for inherent

inherent in·her·ent

Spelling: [in-heer-uh nt, -her-]
IPA: /ɪnˈhɪər ənt, -ˈhɛr-/

Inherent is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 166 anagrams from letters in inherent (eehinnrt).

Definitions for inherent

adjective

  1. existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute; inhering:
  2. Grammar. standing before a noun.

Origin of inherent

1570-80; Latin inhaerent- (stem of inhaerēns), present participle of inhaerēre to inhere; see -ent

Examples for inherent

In all things there is an inherent corruption; and if this cannot destroy them, nothing else will.

We nerds, especially, with our inherent distrust of social situations, love to make “the press” the enemy of our heroes.

Now Jena Malone is 30, and with roles in inherent Vice, The Hunger Games, and a massive superhero film, all the rage.

Let us now examine what may be described as the inherent characteristics of the people.

He must believe in life and in the inherent goodness of the earth.

Is immortality a divine gift or an inherent property of the soul?

Despite the inherent risk, the president decided the mission was crucial.

BEST ACTOR Joaquin Phoenix, inherent Vice There is no better actor—right now—than Joaquin Phoenix.

So too does inherent Vice, which is something like a love letter written in pot smoke to the Gold Coast.

Such irregularities are inherent in the Byzantine methods of building.

Word Value for inherent
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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