as in inherent
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
a cat with a hardwired compulsion to knock expensive knickknacks off of shelves
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Recent Examples of hardwired
And our worst attributes are sort of being hardwired into its source code.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
The slowdowns are shifting from intelligence to hardwired and manually built infrastructure.
—Mark Minevich, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Rechargeable Lighting Not all lighting has to be hardwired to be stylish.
—Lauren Jones, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2025
Even those of us who seek freedom and adventure in the wilderness are hardwired to keep themselves safe.
—Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hardwired
Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
The slowdowns are shifting from intelligence to hardwired and manually built infrastructure.
—Mark Minevich, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Rechargeable Lighting Not all lighting has to be hardwired to be stylish.
—Lauren Jones, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2025
Even those of us who seek freedom and adventure in the wilderness are hardwired to keep themselves safe.
—Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hardwired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardwired
Adjective
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Stedman offers a heartfelt homage to the virtues of rural community and the natural beauty unique to Western Australia, as well as a critique of the strictures and dangers inherent in small-minded communities.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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In addition, inherent design flaws contributed to the disaster, notably the graphite end switches of the neutron-absorbing rods.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The team said this gap can become the true bottleneck in shrinking future chips, regardless of how strong the material’s intrinsic properties appear in lab tests.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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These calculations help researchers tell apart the nucleus’s intrinsic behavior from outside effects caused by the solid around it.—
Andrei Derevianko,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Glyphosate 'revolutionized farming' Introduced in the 1970s, Roundup quickly became the top-selling herbicide in the United States and integral to farming.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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But fights are just as integral to the Netflix show created by Lee Sung Jin, and the series’ sound team needed to do even more meticulous work building visceral senses of anger, stress, and dread that slowly swallow up the characters and steer them into making a compounding set of poor decisions.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Also, from the music aspect, timeliness is just an essential part of music.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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In the historical records of Central Florida, there are names that come up again and again — people whose contributions were essential to the changes that shaped the greater Orlando area for generations to come.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Hardwired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardwired. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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