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adjective

Definition of inculcatednext
as in embedded

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inculcated

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verb

past tense of inculcate
1
as in suffused
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle dedicated teachers inculcating young minds with a love of learning

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2
as in planted
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set a malcontent who inculcated in his offspring an abiding distrust of all civil authority

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inculcated
  1. embedded
  2. imbued
  3. instilled
  4. ingrained
  5. fixed
  6. implanted
  7. immutable
  8. inherent
Adjective
  • Bondholders can benefit from the dynamic of an appreciating scarce asset, a proposition that resembles an embedded derivative.
    — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • In this gallery, Robert L. Cunningham, who served on over 100 missions as an embedded photographer with U.S. troops in Afghanistan, shows us the more personal side of combat with photos drawn from his book, Afghanistan on the Bounce, featuring text by Steven Hartov.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2016
Definition of embedded
Verb
  • As many transgender people know, even the most mundane objects — a necktie, a name badge, a dress — can be imbued with intense personal meaning.
    — Emma Cieslik, Them, 13 Mar. 2025
  • As men turned to practical, less frivolous garments, their shoe heels also remained sensible — though not for women, whose heel heights were imbued with complex social and political implications with every added or subtracted half-inch.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of imbued
Verb
  • Their influence instilled in him the importance of finding meaning in his work.
    — Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • This demand resilience instilled confidence in companies to raise prices without losing significant market share, further expanding margins.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of instilled
Adjective
  • Breaking deeply ingrained habits is not easy and can often not be done alone.
    — Jody Michael, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • However, a broader trade war could change that if the pace of increases becomes more ingrained in the economy.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of ingrained
Adjective
  • Municipal bonds, which are backed by state and local governments, are generally seen as one of the safer fixed income assets.
    — Jesse Pound, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Investors accept that smaller fixed payment because a portion of the bond proceeds is allocated to bitcoin, which may rise in purchasing power over the term.
    — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of fixed
Verb
  • In Davidson’s case, her ovaries were producing eggs despite the lack of functional womb, so prior to the transplant, Davidson and her husband had in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment to create embryos which were frozen, so they could be implanted after the transplant.
    — Victoria Forster, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The scientists created embryos that were implanted in surrogate dogs.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of implanted
Adjective
  • Its potential for transparent tracking of donations and immutable supply chains suits disaster response perfectly.
    — Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • We are focused on long-term immutable drivers and trends.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of immutable
Adjective
  • Photograph: Courtesy of Sean Hartnoll For decades, physicists and mathematicians have wanted to show that these chaotic dynamics are not an artifact of the simplifying assumption of decoupling, but inherent to black holes.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Wired News, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Watch less often and watch more than one network, taking inherent and obvious biases into account.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025
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