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Adjective: innate  i'neyt
  1. Being talented through inherited qualities
    "an innate talent";
    - natural, born
     
  2. Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during foetal development
    - congenital, inborn, indigenous
     
  3. Not established by conditioning or learning
    "an innate reflex";
    - unconditioned, unlearned

See also: intelligent, naive, naïve, nonheritable, noninheritable

Encyclopedia: Innate