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inadvertent |
Accidental. |
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inadvisable |
Unadvisable. |
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inane |
Silly. |
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inanimate |
Destitute of animal life. |
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inapprehensible |
Not to be understood. |
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inapt |
Awkward or slow. |
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inarticulate |
Speechless. |
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inaudible |
That can not be heard. |
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inborn |
Implanted by nature. |
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inbred |
Innate. |
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incandescence |
The state of being white or glowing with heat. |
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incandescent |
White or glowing with heat. |
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incapacitate |
To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or qualification. |
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incapacity |
Want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage. |
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incarcerate |
To imprison. |
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incendiary |
Chemical or person who starts a fire-literally or figuratively. |
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incentive |
That which moves the mind or inflames the passions. |
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inception |
The beginning. |
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inceptive |
Beginning. |
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incessant |
Unceasing. |
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inchmeal |
Piecemeal. |
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inchoate |
Incipient. |
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inchoative |
That which begins, or expresses beginning. |
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incidence |
Casual occurrence. |
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incident |
A happening in general, especially one of little importance. |
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incidentally |
Without intention. |
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incinerate |
To reduce to ashes. |
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incipience |
Beginning. |
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incipient |
Initial. |
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incisor |
A front or cutting tooth. |
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incite |
To rouse to a particular action. |
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incitement |
That which moves to action, or serves as an incentive or stimulus. |
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incoercible |
Incapable of being forced, constrained, or compelled. |
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incoherence |
Want of connection, or agreement, as of parts or ideas in thought, speech, etc. |
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incoherent |
Not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements, or details. |
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incombustible |
That can not be burned. |
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incomparable |
Matchless. |
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incompatible |
Discordant. |
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incompetence |
General lack of capacity or fitness. |
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incompetent |
Not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose. |
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incomplete |
Lacking some element, part, or adjunct necessary or required. |
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incomprehensible |
Not understandable. |
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incompressible |
Resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure. |
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inconceivable |
Incomprehensible. |
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incongruous |
Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion. |
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inconsequential |
Valueless. |
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inconsiderable |
Small in quantity or importance. |
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inconsistent |
Contradictory. |
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inconstant |
Changeable. |
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incontrovertible |
Indisputable. |
