Inbred Definition

ĭnbrĕd
adjective
Innate or deeply instilled.
Webster's New World
Resulting from physical inbreeding.
Inbred traits.
Webster's New World
Consisting of or involving a homogenous or unvaried group of people.
American Heritage
Bred from closely related parents.
Webster's New World
Fixed in the character or disposition as if inherited; deep-seated.
An inbred distrust of radicalism.
American Heritage
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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of inbreed.

Wiktionary
noun
(vulgar) An inbred individual.
Since you all marry your cousins I bet you're a bunch of inbreds.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Inbred

Noun

Singular:
inbred
Plural:
inbreds

Inbred Sentence Examples

  • These factors may actually increase the incidence of the problem in a highly inbred line.

  • Two fruit flies from inbred strains, which are in effect clones, can be physically different.

  • All these circumstances combined to render the new regime weak and unpopular, since there was no force at the ruler's command except foreign troops to put down disorder or to protect those who submitted, while the discontented nobles fomented disaffection and the inbred hatred of strangers in race and religion among the general Afghan population.

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