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hard wired

hard wired is the alternative spelling of hardwired.

Meaning of hardwired

Adjective

hardwired (comparative more hardwired, superlative most hardwired)

  1. Designed to perform a specific task.
  2. (electronic communications) Of devices, closely or tightly coupled.
  3. Having a fixed placement (on a screen format for example).
  4. Not changeable.
  5. Having made a belief or a pattern of behavior or a habit.
    • I'm hardwired to have a shower every morning.
  6. Describing genetically determined, instinctive behavior.

Forms of hard wired

comparativemore hard wired
superlativemost hard wired

Questions about hard wired

What is hard wired the alternative spelling of?
Hard wired is the alternative spelling of hardwired.

Words near hard wired in the dictionary

  1. hard way
  2. hard ways
  3. hard wheat
  4. hard wheats
  5. hard white
  6. hard wired
  7. hard word
  8. hard words
  9. hard work
  10. hard worker
  11. hard workers

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