native

/ˈneɪtɪv/ adj

Definition

› Your native town or country is the place where you were born: He returned to his native Algeria.

› Your native language is the first language you learn as a child: native speakers of English

› relating to the first people to live in an area: Aborigines are the native inhabitants of Australia.

(Definition of native adj from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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