Antonyms for unacquired
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : uh-kwahyuh r |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈkwaɪər |
- abnormal
- acquired
- affected
- alien
- artificial
- atypical
- auxiliary
- changing
- contracted
- different
- earned
- exceptional
- extraordinary
- extrinsic
- fixed
- foreign
- incidental
- incomplete
- inconsistent
- infrequent
- irregular
- learned
- meditated
- minor
- modified
- outside
- particular
- pretended
- rare
- refined
- secondary
- uncommon
- unimportant
- unnatural
- unreasonable
- unsteady
- unusual
Definition of unacquired
Origin :- mid-15c., acqueren, from Old French aquerre "acquire, gain, earn, procure," from Vulgar Latin *acquaerere, from Latin acquirere "to seek in addition to" (see acquisition). Reborrowed in current form from Latin c.1600. Related: Acquired; acquiring.
- As in inborn/inbred : adj coming from birth; natural
- As in indigenous : adj native, inborn
- As in innate : adj inherited, native
- As in native : adj innate, inherent
- As in natural : adj normal, everyday
- As in inborn : adj natural
- As in indwelling : adj constitutional
- As in congenital : adj inborn
- So that this unacquired fluency is so far from essential, that it is not even a benefit, and it may be an injury.
- Extract from : « Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching » by Henry Ware
Synonyms for unacquired
- aboriginal
- accustomed
- anticipated
- autochthonous
- built-in
- characteristic
- chthonic
- common
- commonplace
- complete
- congenital
- connate
- connatural
- consistent
- constant
- constitutional
- counted on
- customary
- deep-seated
- domestic
- elemental
- endemic
- essential
- familiar
- fundamental
- general
- genuine
- habitual
- hereditary
- homegrown
- implanted
- inborn
- inbred
- indigenous
- indwelling
- ingenerate
- ingrained
- inherent
- inherited
- innate
- instinctive
- intrinsic
- intuitive
- inveterate
- involuntary
- inwrought
- latent
- legitimate
- logical
- looked for
- matter-of-course
- natal
- native
- natural
- normal
- ordinary
- original
- prevailing
- prevalent
- primitive
- probable
- real
- reasonable
- regular
- relied on
- spontaneous
- standard
- thorough
- typic
- typical
- unacquired
- uncontrolled
- uniform
- universal
- usual
- utter
- wild
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