inherent

In a sentence

Six example sentences with inherent, each labelled with its topic.

• Some delay is inherent in a jury trial, since twelve schedules must line up before anything can begin.

  Law

• Grain is inherent in film, and photographers who dislike it are usually happier with a digital sensor.

  Photography

• The bitterness is inherent in the peel, so no amount of sugar removes it; you can only balance it.

  Cooking

• Risk is inherent in owning shares, since a company can fail, and no fund label removes that possibility.

  Finance

• Height gives an inherent advantage near the rim, but a short guard with quick feet can still beat it.

  Basketball

• Kant argued that people have inherent worth, a value that belongs to them regardless of what they can do.

  Philosophy

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More Academic words

• indifference
• methodology
• predominant
• emphasise
• integration
• elaborate
• reconstructed
• ethical
• utilise
• cultured
• constraint
• phenomenal