innate

Preposition: in

• man: Probably the difference was innate in the two men.
• being: It is as if they really do lack the language faculty, which, according to Chomsky, is innate in most human beings.
• sense: They are innate in the sense that they cannot be acquired.

Modifies a noun

• immunity: Prof Luke O'Neill provided a keynote talk on the functioning of innate immunity at the mucosal barrier.
• conservatism: This is due, in part, to the innate conservatism of farmers.
• musicality: Teachers are encouraged to work side by side with students and to value their innate musicality.
• goodness: Lane was a firm believer in the innate goodness of children.
• predisposition: Does a child have an innate predisposition to react differently to different sex others?
• modesty: Only in the intimacy of the fireside did he wholly reveal his innate modesty and simplicity of character.

Modifying Another Word

• not: For most of us creative skills are not innate, nor are we likely to develop them by accident.
• supposedly: The interview excerpts repeatedly refer to girls ' supposedly innate longer attention spans and their natural facility with communication.
• seemingly: A seemingly innate ability to put herself right in relation to the work she had to do never deserted her.
• almost: We Australians have an almost innate interest in Gallipoli, perhaps because it was there that we first fought as a nation.
• also: Placing Willow in this category reveals more clearly that Willow ' s power is also innate, not acquired, just realized.
• biologically: It may well be that the whole abstract edifice of modern mathematics is built on these biologically innate foundations.

Used with adjective complement

seem: Cruelty and treachery seem innate in the whole family.