inorganic
adjective/ɪnɔrˈɡænɪk/
Frequency rank: #10,290 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Not derived from living organisms; relating to matter that is not biological in origin.
Example sentence
Scientists discovered that the cave walls were covered in inorganic minerals that had formed over thousands of years.
Synonyms & related words
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