noninherited

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ inherited.

Adjective

noninherited (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Not inherited; not passed from parent to offspring.
    a noninherited maternal antigen
    • 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 8:
      The language-internal analysis of possibly non-inherited features does not immediately shed light on the linguistic affiliations of any pre-Roman language in Sarrdinia, but it does allow us to differentiate between what should and what should not be compared.
  2. (computing, programming) Not derived from a superclass through inheritance.
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