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Definition hard-wired in British English

hard-wired adjective

adjective
1

a hard-wired computer system or other system cannot be changed by the user because it has been built to operate in a particular way

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2

behaviour that is hard-wired is caused by your genes and the way that your brain is made, rather than learnt from experience

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Definition hard-wired in British English