<B>inarticulacy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inarticulateness. <BR> <I>Ex. Inarticulacy ... makes a child incapable of communication in normal language (London Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>inarticulate, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>not distinct; not uttered in distinct syllables or words; not like regular speech. <BR> <I>Ex. When they called to him they heard only an inarticulate mutter. A baby makes inarticulate sounds.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>unable to speak in words; dumb. <BR> <I>Ex. Cats and dogs are inarticulate.</I> (SYN) mute, speechless. <DD><B> 3. </B>not able to put one's thoughts or feelings into words easily and clearly. <BR> <I>Ex. His grief made him inarticulate.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Zoology.) <DD><B> a. </B>not jointed or hinged; not composed of jointed segments. <BR> <I>Ex. A jellyfish's body is inarticulate.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>of or belonging to a division of brachiopods with nonarticulate valves. <DD><I>noun </I> the quality of being inarticulate. <BR> <I>Ex. Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate. (T. S. Eliot).</I> adv. <B>inarticulately.</B> noun <B>inarticulateness.</B> </DL>
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<B>inartificial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not artificial; natural. <DD><B> 2. </B>artless; unaffected. <DD><B> 3. </B>constructed without art or skill; clumsy; inartistic. adv. <B>inartificially.</B> </DL>
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<B>inartistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not artistic; lacking good taste. <BR> <I>Ex. inartistic figures crowding the canvas of life without adequate effect (George Eliot).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having no appreciation for or love of art; unskilled in art. adv. <B>inartistically.</B> </DL>
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<B>inasmuch, </B>adverb.<BR><I>expr. <B>inasmuch as,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>because; since. </I> <I>Ex. Tim was given a head start in the race, inasmuch as he was smaller than the others.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>insofar as; to such a degree as. <BR> <I>Ex. God is only God inasmuch as He is the Moral Governor of a moral world (William Hamilton).</I> </DL>
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<B>inassimilation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of assimilation. </DL>
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<B>inassuageable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be assuaged; unmitigable. <BR> <I>Ex. [She] was a melancholic, ... given to periods of inassuageable grief (Rebecca West).</I> </DL>
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<B>inattention, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of attention; carelessness; negligence. <BR> <I>Ex. The boy lost his job through inattention to details. "The habit of inattention," Alexis de Tocqueville wrote of America ... "must be considered the greatest defect of the democratic character" (Newsweek).</I> (SYN) disregard, heedlessness. </DL>
<B>inaudibility, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state or quality of being inaudible. <BR> <I>Ex. If they clapped their palms, it would take perhaps two seconds for the sound to die to inaudibility (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>inaudible, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not audible; that cannot be heard. <BR> <I>Ex. the inaudible and noiseless foot of Time (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
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<B>inaudibly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an inaudible manner; so as not to be heard. </DL>
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<B>inaugural, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or for an inauguration. <BR> <I>Ex. The President gave an inaugural address when he took office.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>beginning; first. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the address or speech made by a person when formally admitted to an office. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=inauguration.</B> </DL>
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<B>inaugurate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-rated,</B> <B>-rating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to install in office with a ceremony. <BR> <I>Ex. A President of the United States is inaugurated every four years.</I> (SYN) install, invest, induct. <DD><B> 2. </B>to make a formal beginning of; begin. <BR> <I>Ex. The invention of the airplane inaugurated a new era in transportation.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to open for public use with a ceremony or celebration. <BR> <I>Ex. The new city hall was inaugurated with a parade and speeches.</I> noun <B>inaugurator.</B> </DL>
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<B>inauguration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or ceremony of installing a person in office. The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20. <DD><B> 2. </B>a formal beginning; beginning. <DD><B> 3. </B>an opening for public use with a ceremony or celebration. </DL>
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<B>Inauguration Day,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the day upon which the President of the United States is inaugurated, now falling on January 20 of every year immediately following a year divisible by four. Before 1934 it fell on March 4. </DL>
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<B>inauspicious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> with signs of failure, unfavorable; unlucky. <BR> <I>Ex. a tardy and inauspicious season (Elisha K. Kane). In spite of inauspicious economic conditions, the natural gas industry moved ahead (Harper's).</I> (SYN) unpromising, unfortunate, unpropitious, untoward. adv. <B>inauspiciously.</B> noun <B>inauspiciousness.</B> </DL>
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<B>inauthentic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not authentic. adv. <B>inauthentically.</B> </DL>
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<B>inauthenticity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of not being authentic. </DL>
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<B>inauthoritative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not authoritative. noun <B>inauthoritativeness.</B> </DL>
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<B>inbark, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Forestry.) a condition of wood in which portions of the external bark are included within the wood. It is often produced by the trunk and a branch growing together at the fork. </DL>
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<B>in-basket, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a rectangular, shallow container with a low rim, used to hold incoming mail and memoranda and other current work; in-box or in-tray. </DL>
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<B>in-between, </B>adjective, adverb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>that is in the middle; that comes in the space or time separating two places or persons. <BR> <I>Ex. Some patients need an in-between period after leaving the hospital and before going home (Maclean's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>that is neither one kind nor the other; indifferent or uncommitted. <BR> <I>Ex. For ninety years the Secret Service has had hard jobs and easy jobs and jobs in-between (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> <B>=between.</B> <DD><I>noun </I> a person or thing that is in-between. <BR> <I>Ex. Some personality traits are common to all strongly opinionated persons, ... whether they are liberals, conservatives, or in-betweens (Science News Letter).</I> noun <B>in-betweenness.</B> </DL>
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<B>in-betweener, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that is in-between. </DL>
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<B>inboard, </B>adverb, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adv., adj. </I> <B>1. </B>inside the hull of a ship or boat. <BR> <I>Ex. an inboard motor.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>in or toward the middle of a ship or boat. <BR> <I>Ex. The cables were passed inboard through a block.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>in or toward the center of an aircraft or spacecraft close to the fuselage. <BR> <I>Ex. an inboard wing, an aerial mounted inboard.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(in machinery) inside; interior. <DD><I>noun </I> a boat containing an inboard motor. </DL>
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<B>inboard-outboard, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with an inboard motorboat engine attached to an outboard drive shaft. <BR> <I>Ex. a boat with inboard-outboard power.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> an inboard engine with an outboard drive unit; stern drive. </DL>
<B>inborn, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> born in a person; instinctive; natural. <BR> <I>Ex. an inborn sense of rhythm. The artist had an inborn talent for drawing.</I> (SYN) innate, inbred, inherent, ingrained, congenital, inherited. </DL>
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<B>inbound, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> inward bound. <BR> <I>Ex. an inbound vessel. The inbound flights were delayed by the storm.</I> </DL>
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<B>inbounds, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Sports.) coming from out-of-bounds. <BR> <I>Ex. With three seconds remaining and the score 108-108, Baylor took an inbounds pass from Fred Crawford near midcourt (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<B>inbred, </B>adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>inborn; natural. <BR> <I>Ex. The man, though poor, showed an inbred courtesy.</I> (SYN) innate, native. <DD><B> 2. </B>produced by breeding between closely related ancestors. <BR> <I>Ex. an inbred strain of horses.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) exclusive; cliquish. <BR> <I>Ex. this inbred little writers' colony on Cape Cod (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>verb </I> past tense and past participle of <B>inbreed.</B> </DL>
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<B>inbreed, </B>transitive verb, <B>-bred,</B> <B>-breeding.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to breed from closely related animals or plants. <DD><B> 2. </B>to produce or develop within. </DL>
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<B>inbreeding, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>breeding from closely related persons, animals, or plants, so as to preserve desired or eliminate undesired characteristics. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) exclusiveness; cliquishness. <BR> <I>Ex. There is less encouragement to political inbreeding than there was during the long generations when one party was completely dominant (Harper's).</I> </DL>
