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Adjective: inherent  in'heer-unt or in'he-runt
  1. Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
    - built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, integral
     
  2. In the nature of something though not readily apparent
    "shortcomings inherent in our approach";
    - implicit in, underlying

See also: implicit, inexplicit, intrinsic, intrinsical

Encyclopedia: Inherent