Antonyms for acquired

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-kwahyuh r

Phonetic Transcription : əˈkwaɪər

Definition of acquired

Origin : c.1600, "gained by effort," past participle adjective from acquire. Of diseases, "occurring after birth, thus not dependent on heredity," 1842 (opposed to congenital). Acquired taste is attested from 1734.

adj gained by personal exertion
adj gained without special exertion

Example sentences :

He acquired a general knowledge of the ebb and flow of popular stocks.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

These objections were earnestly urged when we acquired Louisiana.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

The things we lack are more vivid to us, as a rule, than those we have acquired.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

They can be acquired only by living in an organized community in which they are traditional.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

These can be acquired only by "mixing with the world," no matter how wicked the world is.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

You have, as I understand, much learning which you have acquired at Beaulieu.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

But the knowledge of the instrument once acquired never left Shakespeare.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

I have acquired the useful practice of being able to drink both on and off duty.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

Mortimer exposed the pasteboard he had acquired on his entry to the stand.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Doubtless posterity has acquired a better city by the calamity of that generation.
Extract from : « Old News » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Synonyms for acquired

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