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inured

[ in-yoord, ih-noord ]

/ ɪnˈyʊərd, ɪˈnʊərd /

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adjective

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

the simple past tense and past participle of inure.

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Also en·ured

[en-yoord, -oord] /ɛnˈyʊərd, -ˈʊərd/ .

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OTHER WORDS FROM inured

in·ured·ness

[in-yoor-id-nis, ih-noor-, in-yoord-, ih-noord-], /ɪnˈyʊər ɪd nɪs, ɪˈnʊər-, ɪnˈyʊərd-, ɪˈnʊərd-/, nounun·in·ured, adjective

Words nearby inured

Inupiaq, Inupik, in up to, inurbane, inure, inured, inurn, inurnment, in utero, in utero surgery, inutile

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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.
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Next, 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.
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The tawdry details of the Clinton scandals differed, but the basic narrative was one to which Americans were becoming inured.
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Sadly, Americans have become inured to pathological behaviors.
How the Saints Players Betrayed the Football Brotherhood|Gordon Marino|March 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST

They are experienced with the grim side of husbandry, but they are not inured to it.
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Was it that I had become more inured to adversity, more philosophical, more of a Christian?
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
It was inured to constant, almost daily, combat with the enemy, of all arms and under every possible contingency.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
It seemed as if my mind, instead of becoming inured to evil, grew more keenly susceptible of pain.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
At the Thatcher house, Harwood caught fitful glimpses of Allen's father, a bird of passage inured to sleeping-cars.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
They became accustomed to severe exercise, and were inured to patient and painful endurance.
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