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inbred

/in-bred/US // ˈɪnˈbrɛd //UK // (ˈɪnˈbrɛd) //

近亲繁殖的,近亲繁殖,近亲繁殖的人,近亲繁殖者

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : naturally inherent; innate: native: her inbred grace.
    • : resulting from or involved in inbreeding.

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Examples

  • Pee-wee Herman Is an Inbred Prince Paul Reubens is great as Pee-wee Herman.

  • This summer, he sent a letter to investors calling the Federal Reserve a “group of inbred academics.”

  • The companies' management teams, meanwhile, were becoming inbred and sycophantic.

  • Still it was not to be: inbred pride is not so easily vanquished—even by Bishops!

  • While he retained his inbred gentleness, yet he case-hardened it with an armor of indifference not to be easily penetrated.

  • His closely cropped beard and hair were iron gray, and his mild blue eyes and shapely hands told of inbred qualities.

  • The latter trait was doubtless inbred from her distinguished naval relatives.

  • Nowise inbred in me is it to fight a runaway battle, neither to cower in fear.