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noninherited

noninherited adjective: not inherited; not passed from parent to offspring.

Adjective

noninherited (not comparable)

  1. Not inherited; not passed from parent to offspring.
    • a noninherited maternal antigen
    • The language-internal analysis of possibly non-inherited features does not immediately shed light on the linguistic affiliations of any pre-Roman language in Sarrdinia, but it does allow us to differentiate between what should and what should not be compared.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 8
  2. Not derived from a superclass through inheritance.

Origin of noninherited

From non- + inherited.

Questions about noninherited

What does noninherited mean?
Noninherited means not inherited; not passed from parent to offspring.
What part of speech is noninherited?
Noninherited is an adjective.

Words near noninherited in the dictionary

  1. noninhaler
  2. noninhalers
  3. noninherent
  4. noninheritable
  5. noninheritance
  6. noninherited
  7. noninheriting
  8. noninhibited
  9. noninhibiting
  10. noninhibition
  11. noninhibitive

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