Hyphenation of acquired

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word acquired ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ac-quired

Definitions of acquired :

1.	Gotten through environmental forces Acquired characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose) cannot be passed on

Synonyms of acquired :

adj	noninheritable, nonheritable

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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