What is the meaning of inherent?

adjective

• Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic.
  • usage: "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"
  • synonyms: built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, integral
• In the nature of something though not readily apparent.
  • usage: "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning"
  • synonyms: implicit in, underlying