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NONHERITABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonheritable mean?
• NONHERITABLE (adjective)
The adjective NONHERITABLE has 1 sense:
1. not inheritable
Familiarity information: NONHERITABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not inheritable
Synonyms:
nonheritable; noninheritable
Similar:
acquired (gotten through environmental forces)
congenital; inborn; innate (present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development)
nonhereditary; nontransmissible (not acquirable by inheritance)
nurtural (resulting from nurture)
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