inured

Also en·ured

[in-yoord, ih-noord]

adjective

1. 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.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of inure.

Other Word Forms

• inuredness noun
• uninured adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of inured¹

inure ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

An Olympic rowing career had left Porter Collins a bit inured to the pain of others, as he assumed they usually didn’t know what pain was.

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You may consider yourself inured to product placement.

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By the time Donald Trump descended the infamous golden escalator in 2015 and won office with the help of foreign actors such as Russian intelligence, this country had become inured to political scandal and lawlessness.

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Sadly, all too many of us became inured to the idea that prisoners could be sent to that infamous offshore prison of injustice at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, perhaps never to be released.

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"It's not their children who are being pushed down the social housing waiting lists because of migrants coming into this country. They are inured to the consequences of both legal and illegal migration," he said.

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Related Words

• accustomed 
• chronic 
• deep-rooted 
• deep-seated 
• dyed-in-the-wool 
• entrenched 
• fixed 
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• ingrained 
• inveterate