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Common collocations with inherent in American Collocation

inherent adjective

US /ɪnˈhɪrənt/

fault

ambiguity
bias
complexity
contradiction
defect
flaw
limitation
tension
weakness

She pointed to the contradictions inherent in Government policy.

danger

danger
risk

Keep in mind there are inherent dangers in consuming excessively high amounts of protein.

problem

difficulty
problem

However, there are inherent difficulties in providing the services they recommend.

quality

characteristic
quality

It is also an inherent characteristic of the subject that an individual student’s performance might vary greatly over different modules.

tendency

tendency

The general tendencies inherent in capitalism are brilliantly analyzed by Marx and Engels.

ability

ability
strength

One of the inherent strengths of the internet is the access it affords to up-to-date information.

quality of not being certain

uncertainty

A major area of his research is to understand how the brain deals with the uncertainty inherent in the world.