adj. 1. Produced by inbreeding. 2. Consisting of or involving a homogenous or unvaried group of people: "[The college's] faculty became markedly less inbred, with the proportion of alumni dropping from 68 to 41 percent" (Jerome Karabel). 3. Fixed in the character or disposition as if inherited; deep-seated: an inbred distrust of radicalism. |
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