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impossible to correct, control, or discipline

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incorrigible

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unwilling or unable to believe

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incredulous

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charge with a crime; accuse

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indict

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very poor

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indigent

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lazy

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indolent

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cause to happen; bring about

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induce

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lacking movement; inactive; sluggish

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inert

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incapable of making a mistake

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infallible

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bad reputation; notoriety

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infamy

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to figure out, based on given information; conclude; deduce

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infer

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penetrate by passing through gaps; enter secretly and become established, such as a spy might do in an enemy organization

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infiltrate

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naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced

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ingenuous

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having a quality that arises from within, rather than learned or acquired from the outside; naive; inborn

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innate

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