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unhereditary

unhereditary adjective: not hereditary.

Adjective

unhereditary (not comparable)

  1. Not hereditary.

Origin of unhereditary

From un- + hereditary.

Questions about unhereditary

What does unhereditary mean?
Unhereditary means not hereditary.
What part of speech is unhereditary?
Unhereditary is an adjective.

Words near unhereditary in the dictionary

  1. unheralded
  2. unheraldic
  3. unherbed
  4. unherdable
  5. unherded
  6. unhereditary
  7. unheretical
  8. unheritable
  9. unhermetic
  10. unhero
  11. unheroes

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