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inorganic

/ɪnɔːˈɡænɪk/US/ɪnɔɹˈɡænɪk/

inorganic adjective: relating to a compound that does not contain carbon.

Adjective

inorganic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a compound that does not contain carbon.
  2. That does not originate in a living organism.
  3. (Internet) Not generated by the ranking algorithms of a search engine, but deliberately by promotional techniques.
    Antonyms:
    organic
  4. (obsolete) Irregular

Noun

inorganic (plural inorganics)

  1. An inorganic compound

inorganic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

inorganic in Hindi

inorganic
अकार्बनिक akārbanik

inorganic in Tamil

கனிம, அனங்கக, அசேதன

inorganic in Marathi

अजैविक, अकार्बनिक

inorganic in Urdu

غیرنامیاتی, معدنی
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inorganic in Bengali
অজৈব, অপ্রাণিক, জড়
inorganic in Telugu
అకర్బన, అకర్బనము, అకర్బనాలు
inorganic in Malayalam
അകാർബണിക akāṟbaṇika
inorganic in Kannada
ನೆರುವಲ್ಲದ, ಉಸುರಿಯಲ್ಲದ
inorganic in Punjabi
ਅਕਾਰਬਨਿਕ, ਅਕਾਰਬਨੀ
inorganic in Gujarati
અકાર્બનિક, અજૈવિક
inorganic in Odia
ଅଜକ଼ବିକ, ଅକାର୍ବନିକ
inorganic in Nepali
अकार्बनिक, अजैविक
inorganic in Tagalog
ditaghayin, dihayin
inorganic in Malay
tak organik
inorganic in Indonesian
anorganik, anorganis

Examples of inorganic in a sentence

  • The Red Book is the standard reference book for those naming inorganic chemical compounds.
  • These facultative chemolithoautotrophic betaproteobacteria are able to use reduced inorganic sulfur compounds (RISCs) as electron donors.
  • Rather than a neat grid of inorganic parallels, analogies and nonanalogies are a tangle, reminiscent of a rhizome.

All 20 example sentences with inorganic

Antonyms of inorganic

Forms of inorganic

pluralinorganics

Origin of inorganic

From in- + organic.

Words formed from inorganic

Phrases with inorganic

Words that rhyme with inorganic

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Questions about inorganic

What does inorganic mean?
Inorganic means relating to a compound that does not contain carbon.
What is inorganic in Hindi?
Inorganic in Hindi is अकार्बनिक (akārbanik). See Inorganic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is inorganic?
Inorganic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce inorganic?
Inorganic is pronounced /ɪnɔɹˈɡænɪk/ (US).

Words near inorganic in the dictionary

  1. inordinately
  2. inordinateness
  3. inordination
  4. inordinations
  5. inorg
  6. inorganic
  7. inorganic carbon
  8. inorganic chemist
  9. inorganic chemistries
  10. inorganic chemistry
  11. inorganic chemists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inorganic (page history and authors); अकार्बनिक (Hindi) (page history and authors); inorganic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inorganic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inorganic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inorganic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inorganic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inorganic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inorganic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inorganic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inorganic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inorganic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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