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How to sign: existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
"the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth";
Similiar / Same: built-in, inbuilt, integral, constitutional
How to sign: present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development
Similiar / Same: congenital, inborn, innate
How to sign: in the nature of something though not readily apparent
"shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning";
Similiar / Same: implicit in, underlying
