Thesaurus / inbred
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Aside from its massive scale—it’s the largest data-gathering program of its kind—the project stands out in that it eschews the usual method of using lab animals, grown in carefully-controlled environments and often inbred.
THE DOG AGING PROJECT WILL STUDY LONGEVITY IN 60,000 PUPSSHELLY FANFEBRUARY 8, 2022SINGULARITY HUB Purebred dogs are massive inbred, which makes it easy to identify which traits come from which lineages, plus you probably don’t have to worry about privacy issues with this one like you would for a human DNA test.
WHAT TO GIVE YOUR VERY GOOD DOG THIS HOLIDAY SEASONSARA CHODOSHNOVEMBER 17, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEBecause these lab animals are so inbred, their immune systems don’t attack one another.
HAS THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH BEEN IN OUR BLOOD ALL ALONG?KAT MCGOWANSEPTEMBER 28, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEStill it was not to be: inbred pride is not so easily vanquished—even by Bishops!
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 100., FEBRUARY 7, 1891VARIOUSWhile he retained his inbred gentleness, yet he case-hardened it with an armor of indifference not to be easily penetrated.
THE VIKING BLOODFREDERICK WILLIAM WALLACEHis closely cropped beard and hair were iron gray, and his mild blue eyes and shapely hands told of inbred qualities.
THE HARRIS-INGRAM EXPERIMENTCHARLES E. BOLTONThe latter trait was doubtless inbred from her distinguished naval relatives.
THE HARRIS-INGRAM EXPERIMENTCHARLES E. BOLTONNowise inbred in me is it to fight a runaway battle, neither to cower in fear.
THE HEROIC AGEH. MUNRO CHADWICKHe was full of inbred suspicions and, perhaps, of unreasonable demands.
LAVENGROGEORGE BORROWI felt that a stranger was at a great disadvantage in trying to conduct a factory in such an inbred community.
I WALKED IN ARDENJACK CRAWFORDWORDS RELATED TO INBRED
- built-in
- characteristic
- congenital
- connate
- constitutional
- deep-rooted
- deep-seated
- distinctive
- elementary
- essential
- fixed
- fundamental
- genetic
- immanent
- implicit
- in the grain
- inborn
- inbred
- inbuilt
- indigenous
- indispensable
- individual
- indwelling
- ingrained
- inherited
- innate
- inner
- instinctive
- integral
- integrated
- internal
- intimate
- intrinsic
- inward
- latent
- native
- natural
- original
- part-and-parcel
- resident
- running in the family
- subjective
- unalienable
- confidential
- deep
- deep-seated
- detailed
- elemental
- essential
- exhaustive
- experienced
- firsthand
- guarded
- gut
- immediate
- in-depth
- inborn
- inbred
- indwelling
- ingrained
- inherent
- inmost
- innate
- innermost
- interior
- internal
- intrinsic
- penetrating
- privy
- profound
- secret
- special
- thorough
- trusted
- uptight
- visceral
- viscerous
- abiding
- accustomed
- addicted
- chronic
- confirmed
- continuing
- customary
- deep-rooted
- deep-seated
- dyed-in-the-wool
- enduring
- entrenched
- fixed
- habitual
- habituated
- hard-core
- hardened
- inbred
- incorrigible
- incurable
- indurated
- ineradicable
- ingrained
- innate
- lifelong
- long-lasting
- long-lived
- obstinate
- old
- perennial
- permanent
- persistent
- persisting
- set
- settled
- stubborn
- sworn
- usual
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