Synonyms for inherited
in·her·it·ed

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1. familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissibleadjective

   occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

   "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"

   Synonyms:
   familial, genic, genetic, contagious, transmittable, ancestral, hereditary, genetical, patrimonial, communicable, transmissible, contractable, transmitted, catching

   Antonyms:
   nonheritable, noninheritable

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1. List of paraphrases for "inherited":

   legacy, hereditary, heritable, succession

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1. Scott Snyder:

   Dialogue, pressure and deterrence, or military measures -- it's really just a question of how the Trump administration is going to shuffle the deck they inherited.

2. Asra Nomani:

   The 9/11 attacks have so much ripple tragedy inherited through a generation now to follow the families that survived, and we have to remember that justice still has to be served.

3. John Mortimer, The Observer (1999):

   Beauty is handed out as undemocratically as inherited peerages, and beautiful people have done nothing to deserve their astonishing reward.

4. Thaddeus Stappenbeck:

   When we study mice, we have to account for the possibility that inherited bacteria and their genes could be influencing the trait we're trying to learn about.

5. Gordon Pennoyer:

   We are pleased to have reached a mutually acceptable agreement with the Michigan Attorney General and to move past these legacy issues inherited from past management.