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inspite of

inspite of is the alternative form of in spite of.

Meaning of in spite of

Preposition

in spite of

  1. (idiomatic) Despite, irrespective of, notwithstanding.
    • No evening I had passed at Bly had the portentous quality of this one; in spite of which—and in spite also of the deeper depths of consternation that had opened beneath my feet—there was literally, in the ebbing actual, an extraordinarily sweet sadness.1898, Henry James, The Turn of the Screw, Courier Dover Publications, published 1991, →ISBN, page 72
    Synonyms:
    maugre, regardless of, despite, with, for all, irrespective of, notwithstanding, without considering, without regard for

Origin of inspite of

From in spite of.

Questions about inspite of

What is inspite of the alternative form of?
Inspite of is the alternative form of in spite of.

Words near inspite of in the dictionary

  1. inspissation
  2. inspissations
  3. inspissator
  4. inspissators
  5. inspite
  6. inspite of
  7. inspo
  8. inspoke
  9. inspoken
  10. INSs
  11. inst

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inspite of (page history and authors); in spite of (page history and authors). 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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