inured
hardened by frequent exposure, especially to something bad; accustomed: I realize that many teens have seen online porn and may be somewhat inured to scenes that seemed shocking to me.
the simple past tense and past participle of inure.
Origin of inured
1- Also en·ured [en-yoord, -oord] /ɛnˈyʊərd, -ˈʊərd/ .
Other words from inured
- in·ured·ness [in-yoor-id-nis, ih-noor-, in-yoord-, ih-noord-], /ɪnˈyʊər ɪd nɪs, ɪˈnʊər-, ɪnˈyʊərd-, ɪˈnʊərd-/, noun
- un·in·ured, adjective
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How to use inured in a sentence
As a society, we’ve long been inured to reports of drivers picking off individuals on bikes.
How We Keep Riding After the Nevada Cycling Deaths | Eben Weiss | December 22, 2020 | Outside OnlineNext, though the company is keeping specifics close to the vest, are robotic insertions between us and a whole raft of physical realities that, much like the original framework of a robotic world, inures us from the dull and dreary.
The tawdry details of the Clinton scandals differed, but the basic narrative was one to which Americans were becoming inured.
Sadly, Americans have become inured to pathological behaviors.
How the Saints Players Betrayed the Football Brotherhood | Gordon Marino | March 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are experienced with the grim side of husbandry, but they are not inured to it.
‘Luck’ Runs Out: If Horses Die While Cameras Roll, You Must Quit | Max Watman | March 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Was it that I had become more inured to adversity, more philosophical, more of a Christian?
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoIt was inured to constant, almost daily, combat with the enemy, of all arms and under every possible contingency.
It seemed as if my mind, instead of becoming inured to evil, grew more keenly susceptible of pain.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoAt the Thatcher house, Harwood caught fitful glimpses of Allen's father, a bird of passage inured to sleeping-cars.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonThey became accustomed to severe exercise, and were inured to patient and painful endurance.
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