Synonyms for inherited
in·her·it·ed

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1. familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissibleadjective

   occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

   "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"

   Synonyms:
   familial, genic, genetic, contagious, transmittable, ancestral, hereditary, genetical, patrimonial, communicable, transmissible, contractable, transmitted, catching

   Antonyms:
   nonheritable, noninheritable

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1. List of paraphrases for "inherited":

   legacy, hereditary, heritable, succession

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1. Daniel Ives:

   This as another indicator the Nokia acquisition was a $7 billion head-scratcher deal that remains an overhang for Microsoft, nadella inherited this headache, now he is trying to make the best of a bad acquisition.

2. Jeff Sonnenfeld:

   It was really hard for John Flannery to escape the bad hand John Flannery inherited.

3. Norvel Goff:

   We’re trying to create a better world, a better world than the one we inherited.

4. Tom Robbins:

   There exists a false aristocracy based on family name, property, and inherited wealth. But there likewise exists a true aristocracy based on intelligence, talent and virtue.

5. Scott Snyder:

   The Trump administration inherited a very difficult challenge that I think developed new dimensions under the Obama administration that most people were not expecting, this metastasized into a much more dangerous situation and threat under the Obama administration.