inure
verb (used with object)
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed byto ).
inurement
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a word derived from
inure.
Example Sentences
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And there is also a certain amount of inurement among the Italian people to news about the mafia.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2021
Critics say this apparent inconsistency “raises serious questions of private inurement and excessive compensation.”
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2017
The IRS calls it private inurement when private parties–especially founders–get big salaries or other outsize items that should be treated as income.
From Forbes ● Aug. 3, 2015
"The shade of offense from odors," the authors note, "is measured by time, place, occasion and inurement."
From Time Magazine Archive
Their exclusion from public life and inurement to heavy male labour give the women all the more power and importance in the household.
From The Cossacks by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
