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Definition of inspired adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

inspired

adjective
 
/ɪnˈspaɪəd/
 
/ɪnˈspaɪərd/
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  1. having excellent qualities or abilities; produced with the help of inspiration
    • an inspired performance
    • an inspired choice/guess (= one that is right but based on feelings rather than knowledge)
    • He has some truly inspired ideas about life.
    opposite uninspired
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    adverb
    • divinely
    • classically
    • politically
    See full entry
  2. used with adverbs to show how something has been influenced
    • politically inspired killings
    Extra Examples
    • politically inspired violence
    • divinely inspired wisdom
    • the classically inspired buildings of this period
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    adverb
    • divinely
    • classically
    • politically
    See full entry
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