inherent

Adjective
  1. Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic (synset 301351376)
    "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"
    similar to: intrinsic, intrinsical - belonging to a thing by its very nature
    same as: built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, integral
  2. In the nature of something though not readily apparent (synset 300945209)
    "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning"
    similar to: implicit, inexplicit - implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something
    same as: implicit in, underlying

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