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congenitally

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for congenitally.

Editorial note

The government has been congenitally unable to strike a rational balance between free speech vs indecency statutes.

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Quick take

In a congenital manner; from birth.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of congenitally gathered in one view.

adverb

In a congenital manner; from birth.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for congenitally.

adverb

In a congenital manner; from birth.

Example sentences

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The government has been congenitally unable to strike a rational balance between free speech vs indecency statutes.

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Imagine a chef, congenitally unable to taste or smell food, who has nevertheless studied a million recipes.

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Jonathan Haidt has excellent research on how a substantial fraction of people appear to be congenitally blind to these concerns.

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It seems that politicians are congenitally completely incapable of considering inflation indexing as a concept when they are writing laws.

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Steve Jobs was portrayed in that book as a radical and congenitally irascible individual.

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Also, wealthy people who keep servants think that Hispanics are congenitally soft-spoken and obedient.

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They'll wonder how we ever accomplished anything while so congenitally incapable of proper thought or feeling.

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When compared to a laboratory game designed without violence, Medal of Honor improved the vision of congenitally-handicapped children while the laboratory game did not.

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There are such cases: Damaged nociception, anosmia, people congenitally insensitive to pain.

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How would you interpret your comment if someone was congenitally blind?

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Or are some people congenitally boring and disorganized (the two are related, I think)?

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More than people who congenitally don't perceive pain, say.

Quote examples

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Government benefits are this way because politicians have for years blamed "benefit cheats" and "welfare queens" and other boogymen, people have voted based on this, and now the law is you have to prove you're still congenitally blind every year.

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The way a congenitally blind person "imagines" abstract representations of shapes is substantially different, primarily because the physical wiring of the visual cortex and indeed a lot of the brain would be very different when compared to a person who could see.

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This is surprising given it comes after his biography of Steve Jobs, who is generally, though not entirely correctly, understood to be the model of the radical (and congenitally irascible) American This puts the meat of the sentence up front and loses the passive participle ("coming") which is weak and awkward.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use congenitally in a sentence?

The government has been congenitally unable to strike a rational balance between free speech vs indecency statutes.

What does congenitally mean?

In a congenital manner; from birth.

What part of speech is congenitally?

congenitally is commonly used as adverb.