Used in a Sentence

incestuous

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for incestuous.

Editorial note

Perhaps one or the other is underage, or it is incestuous, or bigamous, or immigration fraud.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Pertaining to or engaging in incest.

Meaning at a glance

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

adjective

Pertaining to or engaging in incest.

adjective

Characterized by mutual relationships that are intimate and exclusive to the detriment of outsiders.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for incestuous.

adjective

Pertaining to or engaging in incest.

adjective

Characterized by mutual relationships that are intimate and exclusive to the detriment of outsiders.

Example sentences

1

Perhaps one or the other is underage, or it is incestuous, or bigamous, or immigration fraud.

2

The valley is incestuous and it's difficult to succeed as an outsider.

3

These lawsuits suggest a much deeper pattern of high level collusion between these incestuous companies to systematically depress wages.

4

The theoretical possibility of systemd not being monolithic by way of tightly-knit incestuous dependencies doesn't mean much when the reality is that the deck is stacked against you if you try to replace any of those dependencies.

5

It's an incestuous industry that only seeks out an opportunity where there are millions of dollars to be gained.

6

In this case it's Aubrey de Grey's own journal, which is getting just a bit incestuous.

7

Its because Wikipedia admins are an incestuous cabal and will do anything to avoid admitting one of them was wrong.

8

Who's working on that, and why does it invalidate incestuous and unpublished conflicts of interest?

9

This could be gamed, or lead to runaway karma effects within a small, incestuous cabal.

10

I wonder if he really means it that Apple won't discriminate against pedophiles, incestuous couples or the grey areas on the boundaries of age of consent?

11

The Canadian media is incestuous and prone to nepotism and corruption.

12

Google's PageRank is an example of an incestuous positive feedback loop.

Quote examples

1

I am not confusing the two the parent said "but I blame the people who gave the money, not the ones who asked for it." My response was that there is an incestuous relationship between the two, so you cannot delineate between who to blame, it is the same people, the asking and the giving where one in the same.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use incestuous in a sentence?

Perhaps one or the other is underage, or it is incestuous, or bigamous, or immigration fraud.

What does incestuous mean?

Pertaining to or engaging in incest.

What part of speech is incestuous?

incestuous is commonly used as adjective.