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If you are inexperienced , you do not know about something because you have not done it many times before a young and inexperienced driver

—ANTONYM experienced

in • ex • pli • ca • ble / |inik' splikabl /

Something that is inexplicable cannot be explained or understood

I found his behavior inexplicable.

in • fa • mous / ' infamas / adjective

famous for being bad

The neighborhood is infamous for violent crime. —SYNONYM notorious

in • fant / ' infant / noun [ count ] ( formal )

a baby

in • fect / in ' fekt / verb ( in • fects , in • fect ing , in • fect • ed )

( health ) to give a disease to someone

Thousands of people have been infected with the virus.

in • fect • ed / in fektid / adjective

( health ) full of small living things (called germs ) that can make you sick

Clean that cut, or it could become infected.

in .fee .tion © /m'fekjh/ noun

( health )

[ noncount ] the act of becoming or making someone sick

A dirty water supply will spread infection.

[ count ] an illness that affects one part of the body Mike has an ear infection.

in • fec • tious / in ' fekjas / adjective

( health ) An infectious disease goes easily from one person to another.

in • fer aw / in ' far / b

( in fers, in - fer ring, in - ferred )

to decide that something is true from the information you have

I inferred from our conversation that he was unhappy with his job.

in • fe • ri • or / in firiar / adjective

not as good or important as another person or thing There are so many smart women in my class that I always feel inferior .

—ANTONYM superior

in • fest • ed / in festad / adjective

If a place is infested , there are a lot of unpleasant animals or insects in it

The basement was infested with mice. in • field / ' infild / noun [ singular ]

( sports ) the central part of a baseball field — Look at outfield .

in • fi • nite aw / ' infanat / В

with no end; too much or too many to count or measure There are an infinite number of stars in the sky.

—ANTONYM finite

in • fi • nite • ly AWl| / ' infanatli / adverb

very much

My new computer is infinitely better than my old one.

in • fin • i • tive / in ' fmativ / noun [ count ]

( english language arts ) the simple form of a verb "Eat," "go," and "play" are all infinitives. Grammar

We sometimes use the infinitive with to , and sometimes without, depending on what comes before it: He can sing. ♦ He wants to sing.

in • fin • i • ty / in ' finati/ noun [ noncount ] space or time without end

in • flam • ma • ble / in flremabl / adjective

( chemistry ) An inflammable substance burns easily Gasoline is highly inflammable .

—SYNONYM flammable

in • flate / in ' fleit / verb ( in flates , in - flat ing , in - flat - ed )

to fill something with air or gas He inflated the tire.

—SYNONYM blow something up

► in • flat • a • ble / in' fleitabl / adjective

that can or must be filled with air an inflatable mattress

in • fla • tion / in' fleijn/ noun [ noncount ]

a general rise in prices in a country

The government is trying to control inflation.

in • flex • i • ble aw / in ' fleksabl /

not able to change easily an inflexible attitude

not able to bend easily —ANTONYM flexible