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Coloq. Industrial exhibition , a public exhibition of the various industrial products of a country, or of various countries. -- Coloq. Industrial school , a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; also, a school for educating neglected children, and training them to habits of industry.
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Industrialism (?), n. 1. Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry. J. S. Mill.
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2. The principles or policy applicable to industrial pursuits or organized labor.
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Industrialism must not confounded with industriousness. H. Spencer.
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industrialize v. t. & i. To make industrial; to develop so that most of the working population is engaged in non-agricultural labor; to develop economically; -- of nations or geographical areas; as, to industrialize underdeveloped nations.
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industrialized adj. 1. made industrial; converted to industrialism.
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Industrially, adv. With reference to industry.
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industrial park n. An area designated in zoning regulations to be used by industry, often located in a suburban area, and having some park-like sections.
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industrial revolution n. The changes in the methods of production as well as the resulting changes in economic and social organization accompanying the replacement of hand labor by power-driven machinery. It started in England in about 1760, and spread to other countries with very varying time lags. The introduction of powered machinery such as the steam engine and power loom led to the concentration of large areas of manufacturing in large companies, and made some goods more plentiful and cheaper by mechanical production and economies of scale.
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Industrious (?), a. [L. industrius, industriosus: cf. F. industrieux. See .]
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1. Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor.
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Frugal and industrious men are commonly friendly to the established government. Sir W. Temple.
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2. Steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim; as, he was negligent in business, but industrious in pleasure; an industrious mischief maker.
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Industrious to seek out the truth of all things. Spenser.

-- Industriously, adv. -- Industriousness, n.
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industriousness n. persevering application; habitual and diligent occupation with productive activity.
Syn. -- diligence, industry.
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Industry (?), n.; pl. Industries (#). [L. industria, cf. industrius diligent; of uncertain origin: cf. F. industrie.]
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1. Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.
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We are more industrious than our forefathers, because in the present times the funds destined for the maintenance of industry are much greater in proportion to those which are likely to be employed in the maintenance of idleness, than they were two or three centuries ago. A. Smith.
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2. Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry.
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3. (Polit. Econ.) Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor.

Syn. -- Diligence; assiduity; perseverance; activity; laboriousness; attention. See .
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Indutive (?), a. [L. indutus, p. p. of induere to put on. See .] (Bot.) Covered; -- applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary covering.
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Induviæ (?), n. pl. [L., clothes, fr. induere to put on. See .] (Bot.) Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also, leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time.
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Induviate (?), a. (Bot.) Covered with induviæ, as the upper part of the trunk of a palm tree.
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Indwell (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Indwelt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Indwelling.] To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession.
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The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly indwelt form. Milman.
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Indweller (?) n. An inhabitant. Spenser.
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Indwelling, n. Residence within, as in the heart.
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The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South.
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-ine (?; 104). 1. (Chem.) A suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it is a part are basic, in their nature, i.e. contain a basic nitrogen group.
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☞ All organic bases, and basic substances (especially nitrogenous substances), are systematically written with the termination -ine; as, quinine, pyridine, morphine, guanidine, etc. Certain substances containing nitrogen though with net neutral character (as certain amino acids) also end in -ine, such valine and glycine. All indifferent and neutral substances, as proteids, glycerides, glucosides, etc., should commonly be spelled with -in; as, gelatin, amygdalin, etc. This rule has no application to those numerous commercial or popular names with the termination -ine; as, gasoline, vaseline, etc.
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2. (Organ. Chem.) A suffix, formerly used to indicate hydrocarbons of the second degree of unsaturation; i. e., members of the acetyline series; as, hexine, heptine, etc., but now superseded by the ending -yne, as in propyne.
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Inearth (?), v. t. To inter. [R.] Southey.
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Inebriant (?), a. [L. inebrians, p. pr. of inebriare. See .] Intoxicating.
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Inebriant, n. Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an intoxicant. Smart.
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Inebriate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inebriated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inebriating (?).] [L. inebriatus, p. p. of inebriare; pref. in- in + ebriare to make drunk, fr. ebrius drunk. See .]
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1. To make drunk; to intoxicate.
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The cups
That cheer but not inebriate. Cowper.
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2. Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment; also, to stupefy.
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The inebriating effect of popular applause. Macaulay.
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Inebriate, v. i. To become drunk. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Inebriate (?), a. [L. inebriatus, p. p.] Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied.
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Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he said. Udall.
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Inebriate, n. One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum for inebriates.
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Some inebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety. E. Darwin.
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inebriated adj. under the influence of alcohol; intoxicated; drunk.
Syn. -- besotted, bibulous, blind, blind drunk, drunk, drunken, inebriate, sottish.
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Inebriation (?), n. [L. inebriatio.] The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success. Sir T. Browne.
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Preserve him from the inebriation of prosperity. Macaulay.

Syn. -- See .
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Inebriety (?), n. [See , .] Drunkenness; inebriation. E. Darwin.
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Inebrious (?), a. Intoxicated, or partially so; intoxicating. [R.] T. Brown.
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Inedible (?), a. [LL. inedibilis. See not, and .] Not edible; not fit for use as food. -- Inedibility (#), n.
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Inedited (?), a. Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript. T. Warton.
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Inée (?), n. [F.] An arrow poison, made from an apocynaceous plant (Strophanthus hispidus) of the Gaboon country; -- called also onaye.
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Ineffability (?), n. [L. ineffabilitas: cf. F. ineffabilité.] The quality or state of being ineffable; ineffableness; unspeakableness.
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Ineffable (?), a. [L. ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable. See not, and , .] Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.
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Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contentment over the soul. Beattie.
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Ineffableness, n. The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness.
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Ineffably, adv. In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably. Milton.
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Ineffaceable (?), a. [Pref. in- not + effaceable: cf. F. ineffaçable.] Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.
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Ineffaceably, adv. So as not to be effaceable.
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Ineffectible (?), a. Ineffectual; impracticable. [R.] Bp. Hall.
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Ineffective (?), a. [Pref. in- not + effective: cf. F. ineffectif.] Not effective; not having the desired effect; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal; an ineffective herbal remedy.
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The word of God, without the spirit, [is] a dead and ineffective letter. Jer. Taylor.
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Ineffectively, adv. In an ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently; ineffectually.
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Ineffectiveness, n. Quality of being ineffective.
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Ineffectual (?; 135), a. Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient. Pope.
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The peony root has been much commended, . . . and yet has been by many found ineffectual. Boyle.

Syn. -- Inefficient; useless; inefficacious; vain; fruitless; unavailing; futile. See , .
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Ineffectuality (?), n. Ineffectualness. [R.]
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Ineffectually, adv. Without effect; in vain.
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Hereford . . . had been besieged for about two months ineffectually by the Scots. Ludlow.
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Ineffectualness, n. Lack of effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy.
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The ineffectualness of some men's devotion. Wake.
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Ineffervescence (?), n. Lack of effervescence. Kirwan.
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Ineffervescent (?), a. Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence; quiescent.
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Ineffervescibility (?), n. The quality of being ineffervescible.
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Ineffervescible (?), a. Not capable or susceptible of effervescence.
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Inefficacious (?), a. [Pref. in- not + efficacious: cf. F. inefficace, L. inefficax.] Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent. Boyle.
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The authority of Parliament must become inefficacious . . . to restrain the growth of disorders. Burke.
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☞ Ineffectual, says Johnson, rather denotes an actual failure, and inefficacious an habitual impotence to any effect. But the distinction is not always observed, nor can it be; for we can not always know whether means are inefficacious till experiment has proved them ineffectual. Inefficacious is therefore sometimes synonymous with ineffectual.
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Inefficaciously, adv. Without efficacy or effect.
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Inefficaciousness, n. Lack of effect, or of power to produce the effect; inefficacy.
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Inefficacy (?), n. [L. inefficacia. See not, and .] Lack of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means.
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The seeming inefficacy of censures. Bp. Hall.
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The inefficacy was soon proved, like that of many similar medicines. James Gregory.
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Inefficiency (?), n. The quality of being inefficient; lack of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from his position for inefficiency.
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Inefficient (?), a. 1. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired, or achieiving the effect by unnnecessary and excessive expenditure of resources; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures; inefficient methods are too expensive.
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2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.
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Inefficiently, adv. In an inefficient manner.
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Inelaborate (?), a. [L. inelaboratus. See not, and .] Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished.
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Inelastic (?), a. 1. Not elastic.
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2. (Economics) reacting little to changing price; -- of demand; as, Potatoes have an inelastic demand.
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Inelasticity (?), n. Lack of elasticity.

{ Inelegance (?), Inelegancy (?), } n.; pl. Inelegances (#), Inelegancies (#). [L. inelegantia: cf. F. inélégance.]
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1. The quality of being inelegant; lack of elegance or grace; lack of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.
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The notorious inelegance of her figure. T. Hook.
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2. Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition.
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Inelegant (?), a. [L. inelegans: cf. F. inélégant. See not, and .] Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.
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What order so contrived as not to mix
Tastes, not well joined, inelegant. Milton.
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It renders style often obscure, always embarrassed and inelegant. Blair.
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Inelegantly, adv. In an inelegant manner.
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Ineligibility (?), n. [Cf. F. inéligibilité.] The state or quality of being ineligible.
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Ineligible (?), a. [Pref. in- not + eligible: cf. F. inéligible.] Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen (for an office, post, position); not worthy to be chosen or preferred; not expedient or desirable. Burke.
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Inelligibly (?), adv. In an ineligible manner.
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Ineloquent (?), a. [L. ineloquens: cf. F. inéloquent. See not, and .] Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or moving; not persuasive; as, ineloquent language.
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Nor are thy lips ungraceful, sire of men,
Nor tongue ineloquent. Milton.
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Ineloquently, adv. Without eloquence.
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Ineluctable (?), a. [L. ineluctabilis; pref. in- not + eluctabilis to be surmounted, fr. eluctari to struggle out of, to surmount: cf. F. inéluctable. See .] Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inescapable; inevitable. Bp. Pearson.
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The ineluctable conditions of matter. Hamerton.
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Ineludible (?), a. Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable.
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Most pressing reasons and ineludible demonstrations. Glanvill.
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Inembryonate (?), a. (Biol.) Not embryonate.
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Inenarrable (?), a. [L. inenarrabilis; pref. in- not + enarrabilis that may be related; fr. enarrare to relate: cf. F. inénarrable. See .] Incapable of being narrated; indescribable; ineffable. [Obs.] “Inenarrable goodness.” Bp. Fisher.
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Inept (?), a. [L. ineptus; prefix. in- not + aptus apt, fit: cf. F. inepte. Cf. .]
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1. Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
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The Aristotelian philosophy is inept for new discoveries. Glanvill.
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2. Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.
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To view attention as a special act of intelligence, and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly inept. Sir W. Hamilton.
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Ineptitude (?), n. [L. ineptitudo.]
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1. The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness.
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That ineptitude for society, which is frequently the fault of us scholars. Tatler.
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2. Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.
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Ineptly, adv. Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly.
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None of them are made foolishly or ineptly. Dr. H. More.
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Ineptness, n. Unfitness; ineptitude.
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The feebleness and miserable ineptness of infancy. Dr. H. More.
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Inequable (?), a. Unequable. [R.] Bailey.
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Inequal (?), a. [L. inaequalis. See not, and .] Unequal; uneven; various. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Inequality (?), n.; pl. Inequalities (#). [L. inaequalitas.]
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1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or lack of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc.
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There is so great an inequality in the length of our legs and arms as makes it impossible for us to walk on all four. Ray.
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Notwithstanding which inequality of number, it was resolved in a council of war to fight the Dutch fleet. Ludlow.
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Sympathy is rarely strong where there is a great inequality of condition. Macaulay.
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2. Unevenness; lack of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc.
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The country is cut into so many hills and inequalities as renders it defensible. Addison.
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3. Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of the weather, feelings, etc.
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Inequality of air is ever an enemy to health. Bacon.
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4. Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul. South.
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5. (Alg.) An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality (> or <) between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1.
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6. (Astron.) An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the amount of such deviation.
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Inequation (?), n. (Math.) An inequality.
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Inequidistant (?), a. Not equally distant; not equidistant.
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Inequilateral (?), a. 1. Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical; unequal-sided.
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2. (Zoöl.) Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and most lamellibranch shells.
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Inequilobate (?), a. [Pref. in- not + equi- + lobate.] (Biol.) Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or sizes.
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Inequitable (?), a. Not equitable; not just. Burke.
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Inequitate (?), v. t. [L. inequitatus, p. p. inequitare to ride over. See 1st , and .] To ride over or through. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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Inequity (?), n. Lack of equity; injustice; wrong. “Some form of inequity.” H. Spencer.

{ Inequivalve (?), Inequivalvular (?), } a. (Zoöl.) Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster.
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Ineradicable (?), a. Incapable of being eradicated or rooted out.
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The bad seed thus sown was ineradicable. Ld. Lytton.
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Ineradicably, adv. So as not to be eradicable.

{ Inergetic (?), Inergetical (?), } a. [Pref. in- not + energetic, -ical.] Having no energy; sluggish. [R.] Boyle.
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Inergetically, adv. Without energy. [R.]

{ Inerm (?), Inermous (?), } a. (Bot.) Same as .
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Inermis (?), a. [L. inermis, inermus; pref. in- not + arma arms: cf. F. inerme.] (Bot.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf. Gray.
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Inerrability (?), n. Freedom or exemption from error; infallibility. Eikon Basilike.
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Inerrable (?), a. [L. inerrabilis. See not, and .] Incapable of erring; infallible; unerring. “Inerabble and requisite conditions.” Sir T. Browne. “Not an inerrable text.” Gladstone.
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