inorganic Syllabification: (in·or·gan·ic)Pronunciation: /ˌinôrˈganik/Translate inorganic | into German | into Italian Definition of inorganic adjective 1not consisting of or deriving from living matter. without organized physical structure. 2 Chemistry of, relating to, or denoting compounds that are not organic (broadly, compounds not containing carbon). 3 Linguistics not explainable by the normal processes of etymology. Derivatives inorganicallyPronunciation: /-ik(ə)lē/ adverb inorganic in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of inorganic in the British & World English dictionary