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
- 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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