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NONINHERITABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does noninheritable mean?
• NONINHERITABLE (adjective)
The adjective NONINHERITABLE has 1 sense:
1. not inheritable
Familiarity information: NONINHERITABLE 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)
Antonym:
inheritable (capable of being inherited)
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