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inefficiently

adverb · in an inefficient manner

Example: he dealt inefficiently with the crisis

ineligible

adjective · not eligible

Example: ineligible to vote

inerrancy

noun · (Christianity) exemption from error

Example: biblical inerrancy

inevitably

adverb · in such a manner as could not be otherwise

Example: it is necessarily so

inexhaustible

adjective · incapable of being entirely consumed or used up

Example: an inexhaustible supply of coal

inexhaustibly

adverb · with indefatigable energy

Example: she watched the show indefatigably

inexorable

adjective · impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason- W.Churchill

Example: he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind

inexorably

adverb · in an inexorable manner

Example: time marches on inexorably

inexpertly

adverb · in a crude and unskilled manner

Example: an inexpertly constructed lean-to

inexpressively

adverb · without expression; in an inexpressive manner

Example: she looked at him inexpressively

infatuate

verb · arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way

Example: His new car has infatuated him

infect

verb · contaminate with a disease or microorganism

infectiously

adverb · in a contagious manner

Example: she was contagiously bubbly

infer

verb · believe to be the case

Example: I understand you have no previous experience?

infest

verb · invade in great numbers

Example: the roaches infested our kitchen

infinitely

adverb · continuing forever without end

Example: there are infinitely many possibilities

inflect

verb · vary the pitch of one's speech

inflection

noun · the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

inflexible

adjective · resistant to being bent;

Example: an inflexible iron bar

inform

verb · give character or essence to

Example: The principles that inform modern teaching

information warfare

noun · the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries

Example: not everyone agrees that information warfare is limited to the realm of traditional warfare

informercial

noun · a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary

infra

adverb · (in writing) see below

Example: vide infra

infrequent

adjective · not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals

Example: infrequent outbursts of temper

infrequently

adverb · not many times

Example: in your 1850 church you not infrequently find a dramatic contrast between the sumptuous appointments of the building itself and the inhuman barrack-like living conditions in the church room

infringe

verb · advance beyond the usual limit

infuriated

adjective · marked by extreme anger

Example: the enraged bull attached

infuriating

adjective · extremely annoying or displeasing

Example: his cavelier curtness of manner was exasperating

infuse

verb · introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes

Example: Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals

ingeminate

verb · to say, state, or perform again

Example: She kept reiterating her request

ingeniously

adverb · in an ingenious manner

Example: a Hampshire farmer had fowls of different breeds, including Dorkings, and he discriminated ingeniously between the `dark ones' and the `white ones'

ingenuously

adverb · in an ingenuous manner

Example: she answered the judge's questions artlessly

ingot

noun · metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling

ingratiatory

adjective · calculated to please or gain favor

Example: a smooth ingratiating manner

inguinal canal

noun · oblique passage through the lower abdominal wall; in males it is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum and it contains the spermatic cord; in females it transmits the round ligament of the uterus

inhalant

adjective · inhaling or serving for inhalation

Example: an inhalant pore

inherent

adjective · in the nature of something though not readily apparent

Example: shortcomings inherent in our approach

inherently

adverb · in an inherent manner

Example: the subject matter is sexual activity of any overt kind, which is depicted as inherently desirable and exciting

inhibit

verb · to put down by force or authority

Example: suppress a nascent uprising

inhibition

noun · the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)

Example: they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter

inhospitably

adverb · in an inhospitable manner

Example: she was received inhospitably by her new family

inhumed

adjective · placed in a grave

Example: the hastily buried corpses

inimitably

adverb · in an unreproducible manner

Example: he has an inimitably verbose style

iniquitously

adverb · in an iniquitous manner

Example: they really believed that the treaty of Versailles was iniquitously injust

initialize

verb · divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data

Example: Please format this disk before entering data!

initiative

adjective · serving to set in motion

Example: the magazine's inaugural issue

inject

verb · give an injection to

Example: We injected the glucose into the patient's vein

injudiciously

adverb · in an injudicious manner

Example: these intelligence tests were used injudiciously for many years

innate

adjective · present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development

innervate

verb · stimulate to action

Example: innervate a muscle or a nerve

innocent

adjective · (used of things) lacking sense or awareness

Example: fine innocent weather

innovate

verb · bring something new to an environment

Example: A new word processor was introduced

innovative

adjective · being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before

Example: stylistically innovative works