adjective
- not consisting of or derived from living matter
- relating to or denoting compounds that do not contain carbon-hydrogen bonds
- lacking natural development or structure; artificial
Usage: chemistry; biology
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- Salt and water are inorganic substances.
- The soil was enriched with inorganic fertilizers.
- Rocks are made of inorganic materials.
- Inorganic chemistry focuses on compounds without carbon-hydrogen bonds.
- The company’s growth felt inorganic after the sudden merger.
- Plants absorb inorganic nutrients from the soil.
- The crystal structure is purely inorganic in nature.