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inbuilt
adjective
Existing as an essential constituent; built-in; inherent; integral.
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The inbuilt Tory majority?
Whether that is true or not, it is certain that the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional, has huge inbuilt advantages.
Inbuilt air filters help trap pollutants like dust, pollen, animal hair and mold.
Pigeons form a far richer picture of the world than a person can manage, through three senses unavailable to humans: an instinctive ability to navigate by the sun, an ability to detect magnetic fields that provides them with an inbuilt compass, and an ability to hear infrasound.
Whether the inbuilt chemical protection of such genetically modified crops has reduced the use of pesticide is highly contested.
Gaming ones use accelerometers and gyroscopes to track users' motions, while mobile-navigation apps rely on inbuilt GPS systems.Another reason why apps have proved popular is that, unlike websites, they do not need a constant connection to the internet.
This inbuilt skill at seeking solutions to complex problems, and a talent for quick lateral thinking, proved vital for the Magyars during centuries of foreign rule and was especially useful under Communism.Despite Moscow's orders, Hungary was a natural candidate for car production.
Few lived up to their claim of longer life, especially when they were switched on and off repeatedly, or used in recessed ceiling lights where heat could build up and fry their inbuilt circuitry.
Clearly this index has some inbuilt flaws with its basis of hearsay rather than first-hand comparisons.
Therefore the Tories are unlikely to manage the huge swing and massive gains that, because of their weak starting point and the inbuilt biases of the electoral system, they need to win an overall majority.Most politicians, instinctively and oedipally, judge themselves against their illustrious forebears in this way.
But it suggests that attempts to nudge people to invest more rationally have some big inbuilt biases to overcome.
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