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adjective

Definition of inculcatednext
as in embedded

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inculcated

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verb

past tense of inculcate
1
as in suffused
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle dedicated teachers inculcating young minds with a love of learning

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2
as in planted
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set a malcontent who inculcated in his offspring an abiding distrust of all civil authority

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inculcated
  1. embedded
  2. imbued
  3. instilled
  4. ingrained
  5. fixed
  6. implanted
  7. immutable
  8. inherent
Adjective
  • The warning comes as a potent winter storm lashes the Northeast on Thursday, with several embedded snow squalls disrupting travel.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • To further unify x86, the group will solicit input from interested hardware and software providers who have first-hand experience with how the architecture is implemented across various settings including the cloud, datacenters, clients, the network edge and embedded devices.
    Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of embedded
Verb
  • Giovanni’s ability to hold on to this perspective, and marry it with a distinct flair for the fantastical, imbued her poems and social commentary with a youthful curiosity well into her final years.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • His point was that CX must be imbued into a company's culture.
    Shep Hyken, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of imbued
Verb
  • With a strong emphasis on ethics, my father and my mentors have instilled in me the belief that financial success should not come at the expense of community well-being or our reputation.
    Mustafa Gandhi, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Alice is lying on the table, presumably dead, when her code and memories are instilled back into her.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of instilled
Adjective
  • Sustainability has moved beyond a buzzword, becoming a real and ingrained aspect of modern business operations.
    Dr. Alex Gold, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Amanda Lopez Growing up as a first- and second-generation Mexican American in California's capital, Guadalupe was a deeply ingrained part of her daily life.
    Pablo Valdivia, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of ingrained
Adjective
  • According to witnesses, a cluster of what appeared to be drones, as well as a possible fixed wing aircraft, was flying in the area, the FBI said.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The regulations that came into effect at the end of June placed a limit on stablecoin volumes permitted over a fixed period.
    Sean Lee, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of fixed
Verb
  • The device was successfully implanted into a 38-year-old spinal cord injury patient in Shanghai who had lost mobility and hand function due to a car accident.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Once implanted, the device enables patients who are paralyzed or can’t communicate to actually interact with their phones to send messages, use Alexa to control smart devices and even play Pong.
    Alex Knapp, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of implanted
Adjective
  • In all our seasons, as our family grows and shrinks and grows again, the immutable constant of mulukhiyah in these same dishes is a steadying force.
    Kristina Kasparian, Longreads, 12 Nov. 2024
  • This strategy must also reject the faddish but inaccurate notion that China is somehow an impervious force, advancing on an immutable course and unresponsive to external pressure and incentives.
    Julian Gewirtz, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
Definition of immutable
Adjective
  • There’s an inherent appeal to library tourism—seeing the places where nations hold their collective knowledge and history.
    Laura Studarus, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Vacancy rates for specialized AI skills like natural language processing (NLP) are as high as 15%, while demand for inherent skills such as continuous learning, resilience, empathy and ethical judgment have surged by 81%.
    Sander van ‘t Noordende, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of inherent
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