intrinsic

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Cryptocurrency fundamentally lacks intrinsic value, resembling collectibles in that prices derive solely from speculation rather than underlying enterprise value, dividends, or measurable economic contribution.

From Los Angeles Times

Bamboo scaffolds have "intrinsic weaknesses such as variation in mechanical properties, deterioration over time and high combustibility, etc, giving rise to safety concerns", the bureau's spokesperson Terence Lam was quoted as saying.

From BBC

They said this generated billions of dollars of profit at other Dogecoin investors' expense, even as Musk knew the currency lacked intrinsic value.

From Reuters

You explored this idea of guns as intrinsic to the psychology of gun owners using an experiment that involved electric shocks.

From Scientific American

Despite the North’s social progress in guaranteeing universal income, health care and child care, Lucca is unmoored by its intrinsic materialism and spiritual chaos.

From Washington Post