Vocabulary

Inherent

English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.

English meaning
existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.
Urdu meaning
مورثی، پیدائشی
Example sentences (from Dawn)

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  1. Mediation between the aggressor and aggrieved has its inherent pitfalls.
    Dawn Editorials — Perils of mediation — 2026-04-01
  2. The fact isthat America has dealt some blows to India`s self-esteem and exposed lies inherent in the nationalist propaganda peddled by Modi and his BJP.
    Dawn Editorials — Photo-op moment — 2026-02-21
  3. While smaller South Asian states, too, had inherent insecurities on account of India, they tried to address them through engagement with New Delhi on the latter`s terms.
    Dawn Editorials — Multipolar South Asia — 2026-01-16
  4. Natural calamities occur due to inherent natural processes andforces.External factors, such as climate change, intensify these events.
    Dawn Editorials — Reading nature — 2025-12-19
  5. Those who are committed to their belief in the inherent superiority of the military as an institution best placed to govern, will, time and again, find scapegoats in civilians.
    Dawn Editorials — The dichotomies — 2025-12-12
Synonyms
intrinsic, innate, immanent, built-in, inborn, ingrained, deep-rooted, essential,

Antonyms
acquired, alien
Curator example
“any form of mountaineering has its inherent dangers”

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