Etymological root

in-

Latin

# in-

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Latin
**Slug:** in-2

## Words From This Root
- intrusion - The act of entering a place or situation where you are not wanted.
- infallible - Never wrong; incapable of making a mistake.
- inanimate - Not alive; not a living thing.
- infer - To reach an opinion or conclusion from the information you have.
- enact - To make a proposal into an official law.
- insignificant - too small or unimportant to be worth consideration
- iniquity - immoral or grossly unjust behavior
- initiation - the act of beginning something or admitting someone to a group
- inhalation - the act of breathing air or another substance into the lungs
- inimical - tending to obstruct or harm; hostile
- inhuman - lacking human warmth or compassion; cruel and barbarous
- innocuous - not harmful or offensive; harmless
- inornate - plain and unadorned; without ornament
- injurious - causing or likely to cause harm or damage
- insensate - lacking physical sensation or feeling; unfeeling
- ingress - the act or means of entering a place
- initialize - to set to a starting state; to prepare a device or variable for use
- innately - in a way that is inborn or natural rather than learned
- innocence - freedom from guilt, sin, or worldly knowledge
- instability - the state of being unsteady, unreliable, or prone to change
- instructive - useful in providing knowledge or information; enlightening
- ingrained - firmly fixed or deeply rooted, as a habit or belief
- inhabitancy - the state of dwelling in a place; residence or occupancy
- injunction - a court order requiring or forbidding an action; an authoritative command
- innumerable - too many to be counted; very numerous
- inoffensive - not objectionable or likely to cause offense; harmless
- inopportune - occurring at an unsuitable or inconvenient time
- insanity - the state of being seriously mentally ill; extreme folly
- insecurity - a feeling of uncertainty or anxiety; lack of safety or stability
- insensible - unconscious or unaware; lacking feeling or perception
- insentient - incapable of feeling or perception; lifeless
- insinuate - to suggest indirectly; to introduce or work in subtly
- insolvent - unable to pay one's debts; bankrupt
- insubstantial - lacking substance, strength, or reality; flimsy
- insufferable - too unpleasant or arrogant to be endured
- indorse - to endorse; to sign the back of a document or give approval
- ingrain - to fix firmly in the mind or character; to dye thoroughly
- ingrateful - unthankful; failing to show gratitude (archaic for ungrateful)
- inhabitable - capable of being lived in; habitable
- inheritable - capable of being passed to or received by an heir or descendant
- inhibition - a feeling or process that restrains or holds back an action or impulse
- inhibitor - a substance or agent that slows or prevents a reaction or process
- inhumane - lacking compassion or kindness; cruel
- injudicial - not in accordance with sound judgment or proper legal procedure
- innovational - relating to or characterized by innovation
- innovatory - introducing or featuring new methods or ideas; innovative
- inofficial - not official; lacking formal authority (archaic for unofficial)
- inquisition - a prolonged or intensive, often harsh, questioning or investigation
- inquisitive - eager for knowledge; curious, sometimes unduly prying
- insaneness - the state or quality of being insane; madness
- insensitivity - lack of physical or emotional responsiveness; want of tact
- insignificance - the quality of being unimportant or trivial
- insincere - not expressing genuine feelings; hypocritical
- insinuation - an indirect, often unpleasant suggestion or hint
- insolence - rude and disrespectful behavior or speech
- instable - not stable; liable to change or collapse (archaic for unstable)
- instantiate - to represent an abstract idea by a concrete instance; in computing, to create an object from a class
- institutionalism - emphasis on established institutions, or the effects of prolonged institutional life
- institutionalist - one who favors or studies established institutions, especially in economics
- instructer - one who teaches or instructs (variant spelling of instructor)
- instrumentalist - a person who plays a musical instrument; an adherent of instrumentalist philosophy
- instrumentation - the arrangement of music for instruments, or the set of instruments used in a system

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