Hardwired
adjective
Built to always do one particular action in a certain way, unable to change.
Fear of danger is hardwired into us through evolution.
Often appears as...
- hardwired into
- hardwired for
adjective
In computing, set up to work a certain way without being able to be easily changed.
The encoding scheme was hardwired into each unit.
Often appears as...
- hardwired into
- hardwired for
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Built to always do one particular action in a certain way, unable to change.
Fear of danger is hardwired into us through evolution.
Often appears as...
- hardwired into
- hardwired for
adjective
In computing, set up to work a certain way without being able to be easily changed.
The encoding scheme was hardwired into each unit.
Often appears as...
- hardwired into
- hardwired for
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Force
Suggests an innate or natural behavior that feels automatic.
The mother's instinct to protect her child is hardwired.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Learned
Indicates a trait or reaction not gained from experience or education.
Birds are hardwired to migrate with the seasons.
Pro Tip 3/3Permanence
Implies that the characteristic or function is permanent and cannot be altered.
His drive to succeed seems hardwired and unchangeable.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Force
Suggests an innate or natural behavior that feels automatic.
The mother's instinct to protect her child is hardwired.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Learned
Indicates a trait or reaction not gained from experience or education.
Birds are hardwired to migrate with the seasons.
Pro Tip 3/3Permanence
Implies that the characteristic or function is permanent and cannot be altered.
His drive to succeed seems hardwired and unchangeable.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Force
Suggests an innate or natural behavior that feels automatic.
The mother's instinct to protect her child is hardwired.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Learned
Indicates a trait or reaction not gained from experience or education.
Birds are hardwired to migrate with the seasons.
Pro Tip 3/3Permanence
Implies that the characteristic or function is permanent and cannot be altered.
His drive to succeed seems hardwired and unchangeable.
Never forget "Hardwired"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
Hangout: Cause an Uproar...
haven't seen them and so when you deplete those opportunities to see it that not everyone always asked what do I do when I see a cougar take the moment enjoy it because you're getting a rare and unique opportunity you know as far as interaction we have taps and bring them into captivity we have to recognize that these animals they're hardwired
Video examples
Jane Fonda: Life's third...
reacted negatively to past events and people, neural pathways are laid down by chemical and electrical signals that are sent through the brain. And over time, these neural pathways become hardwired. They become the norm -- even if it's bad for us, because it causes us stress and anxiety.
Video examples
How fiction can change...
Yet, recent studies show that his theory might not be the whole story. Our sense of being a hero - one man or one woman or even one species taking on the challenges of the world - might be wrong. Instead of being hardwired for competition for being the solitary heroes in our own story,
Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
are actually hardwired to behave in a certain fashion. Research has implicated three regions of the brain variously involved in social behavior and complex cognitive planning, voluntary movement, and emotional and motivational responses.
Video examples
Dan Dennett: Responding...
hardwired by God into the very fiber of our being -- an inbuilt need to connect with God." Well, the sense of which I agree with him, except I think it has an evolutionary explanation. And what I find deeply troubling in this book
Video examples
You aren't at the mercy...
They are not hardwired brain reactions that are uncontrollable. We have misunderstood the nature of emotion for a very long time, and understanding what emotions really are has important consequences for all of us.
Video examples
How electromagnetic...
are instrumented with hundreds sometimes even thousands of sensors and currently these sensors are hardwired to a data acquisition unit and because they're hardwired they are sometimes very
Video examples
Budgie Talks To Owner To...
third was cherished pet is equally playful the common parakeet better known as the budgerigar is hardwired to seek out company a mirror provides a temporary companion he doesn't see it as
Video examples
The new political story...
by an amazing ability to engage in mutual aid, and that urge to cooperate has been hardwired into our minds through natural selection. These are the central, crucial facts about
Video examples
Why Dogs Stick Their...
licking helps capture more of her alluring sin his tongue takes the order to a second smell organ in the mouth hardwired to the brain and tuned to
Video examples
Hangout: Cause an Uproar...
haven't seen them and so when you deplete those opportunities to see it that not everyone always asked what do I do when I see a cougar take the moment enjoy it because you're getting a rare and unique opportunity you know as far as interaction we have taps and bring them into captivity we have to recognize that these animals they're hardwired
Video examples
Jane Fonda: Life's third...
reacted negatively to past events and people, neural pathways are laid down by chemical and electrical signals that are sent through the brain. And over time, these neural pathways become hardwired. They become the norm -- even if it's bad for us, because it causes us stress and anxiety.
Video examples
How fiction can change...
Yet, recent studies show that his theory might not be the whole story. Our sense of being a hero - one man or one woman or even one species taking on the challenges of the world - might be wrong. Instead of being hardwired for competition for being the solitary heroes in our own story,
Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
are actually hardwired to behave in a certain fashion. Research has implicated three regions of the brain variously involved in social behavior and complex cognitive planning, voluntary movement, and emotional and motivational responses.
Video examples
Dan Dennett: Responding...
hardwired by God into the very fiber of our being -- an inbuilt need to connect with God." Well, the sense of which I agree with him, except I think it has an evolutionary explanation. And what I find deeply troubling in this book
Video examples
You aren't at the mercy...
They are not hardwired brain reactions that are uncontrollable. We have misunderstood the nature of emotion for a very long time, and understanding what emotions really are has important consequences for all of us.
Video examples
How electromagnetic...
are instrumented with hundreds sometimes even thousands of sensors and currently these sensors are hardwired to a data acquisition unit and because they're hardwired they are sometimes very
Video examples
Budgie Talks To Owner To...
third was cherished pet is equally playful the common parakeet better known as the budgerigar is hardwired to seek out company a mirror provides a temporary companion he doesn't see it as
Video examples
The new political story...
by an amazing ability to engage in mutual aid, and that urge to cooperate has been hardwired into our minds through natural selection. These are the central, crucial facts about
Video examples
Why Dogs Stick Their...
licking helps capture more of her alluring sin his tongue takes the order to a second smell organ in the mouth hardwired to the brain and tuned to
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jen Sincero
American Author
All living things come hardwired with certain traits and characteristics that are part of our nature, meaning that these things come naturally to us: they're what we're meant to do, and they're how universal intelligence flows though us best. Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, etc.
Quote examples
iO Tillett Wright
American Artist
We are neurologically hardwired to seek out people like ourselves. We start forming cliques as soon as we're old enough to know what acceptance feels like. We bond together based on anything that we can - music preference, race, gender, the block that we grew up on.
Quote examples
William Landay
American Novelist
Genes are not simple triggers. No one is hardwired to commit murder or any other crime. Our actions are always the result of stupendously complex gene-environment interactions, and environment is likely to remain the more important influence by far.
Quote examples
Barack Obama
American President
Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.
Quote examples
Rick Moody
American Novelist
The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality.
Quote examples
Brene Brown
American Author
We're hardwired for connection. There's no arguing with the bioscience. But we can want it so badly we're trying to hot-wire it.
Quote examples
Jasper Fforde
British Novelist
I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception.
Quote examples
Jeremy Wade
I think it's true to say that everybody has a fascination with predators. It's something that's hardwired into us.
Quote examples
Nick Nolte
American Actor
We're social animals. We've got to get along together. It's in our nature. We're hardwired that way.
Quote examples
Caroline Lucas
British Politician
The truth is that goodness is hardwired in humanity.
Quote examples
Jen Sincero
American Author
All living things come hardwired with certain traits and characteristics that are part of our nature, meaning that these things come naturally to us: they're what we're meant to do, and they're how universal intelligence flows though us best. Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, etc.
Quote examples
iO Tillett Wright
American Artist
We are neurologically hardwired to seek out people like ourselves. We start forming cliques as soon as we're old enough to know what acceptance feels like. We bond together based on anything that we can - music preference, race, gender, the block that we grew up on.
Quote examples
William Landay
American Novelist
Genes are not simple triggers. No one is hardwired to commit murder or any other crime. Our actions are always the result of stupendously complex gene-environment interactions, and environment is likely to remain the more important influence by far.
Quote examples
Barack Obama
American President
Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.
Quote examples
Rick Moody
American Novelist
The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality.
Quote examples
Brene Brown
American Author
We're hardwired for connection. There's no arguing with the bioscience. But we can want it so badly we're trying to hot-wire it.
Quote examples
Jasper Fforde
British Novelist
I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception.
Quote examples
Jeremy Wade
I think it's true to say that everybody has a fascination with predators. It's something that's hardwired into us.
Quote examples
Nick Nolte
American Actor
We're social animals. We've got to get along together. It's in our nature. We're hardwired that way.
Quote examples
Caroline Lucas
British Politician
The truth is that goodness is hardwired in humanity.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension