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inherited
[in-her-i-tid]
adjective
received from or as if from one’s predecessors.
Their wealth is from inherited properties, mostly through the estate of their mother’s parents.
For the novelist Henry James, history, tradition, precedence, and established forms constituted the inherited wisdom of civilization.
received through genetic transmission.
the family’s inherited trait of straight blond hair;
kidney problems symptomatic of an inherited disorder.
Baseball.(of a base runner) allowed on base by a previous pitcher.
The unlucky reliever balked, hit a batter, threw a wild pitch, allowed an inherited runner to score, and got only one out.
Other Word Forms
- half-inherited adjective
- noninherited adjective
- quasi-inherited adjective
- uninherited adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of inherited1
Example Sentences
Withdrawals from inherited retirement accounts are usually taxable as income, and most non-spouse inheritors must drain a retirement account within 10 years.
Labour has zealously talked up its appetite to reform everything in sight, to respond to the gravity of the situation it inherited.
In response to Sting's criticisms, a government spokesman said it would "fix the crisis we have inherited".
Polling suggests much of the country reckons Labour inherited a bad hand and has played it badly.
Reverend Nixon's son inherited the painting after his death, Mr Gascoigne said, adding it then fell "into obscurity" having last been exhibited in Tasmania, Australia, in 1858.
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