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inorganic

Syllabification: (in·or·gan·ic)
Pronunciation: /ˌinôrˈganik/

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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

inorganically

Pronunciation: /-ik(ə)lē/

adverb

inorganic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of inorganic in the British & World English dictionary