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. Joe Biden:

   Donald Trump inherited a growing economy from the Obama-Biden administration, just like he inherited everything in his life, and now he's squandering it, just like he squandered everything he inherited in his life.

2. Tom Bond:

   Although the BMI of teenagers is linked to their mothers BMI, this is more likely due to inherited genes and lifestyle factors rather than effects in the womb.

3. Casey Holliday:

   Dinosaurs are like modern-day birds, crocodiles and lizards in that they inherited particular joints in their skulls from fish ball and socket joints, much like peoples hip joints that seem to lend themselves, but not always, to movement like in snakes, when you put a lot of force on things, theresa tradeoff between movement and stability. Birds and lizards have more movement but less stability.

4. Thaddeus Stappenbeck:

   When we study mice, we have to account for the possibility that inherited bacteria and their genes could be influencing the trait we're trying to learn about.

5. Henry van Dyke:

   Who can explain the secret pathos of Nature's loveliness? It is a touch of melancholy inherited from our mother Eve. It is an unconscious memory of the lost Paradise. It is the sense that even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.