inured
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8.2
- adjective
- /ɪˈnjʊrd/
- Formal
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acostumbrado
- After years of living in the noisy city, I have become inured to the constant sound of traffic.
- become inured
Enter the world, a species already sufficiently inured to tragedy.
- Enter the world, a species already sufficiently inured to tragedy.
- These are things that I fear we can become inured to, and that's a real danger.
- And I've got slight slightly inured to that hyperbole every four years.
Examples
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There is something in human nature that makes us inured to tough circumstances, given enough time.
Blog text (25) -
Americans have become so inured to those inconveniences that they take them in stride.
Academic text (2011) -
It's funny, this sort of thing, the personal stuff, - I suppose in time you become inured.
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- I'm inured to criticism.
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These are things that I fear we can become inured to, and that's a real danger.
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We somehow have become inured to the messaging because of the familiarity with which we are hearing it.
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We are becoming inured to it, to the degree that we are rendered impotent to react.
Blog text (7) -
Mrs. Duncan waited, then spoke: "I suppose we English have become almost too inured to sacrifices, to losses."
Fiction book (1990) -
It seems that ever since Watergate, people have become inured to the lies of politicians and their dirty tricks.
Blog text (8) -
Those of us already aware of the situation must be wary of the Trustees who, to quote The Matrix, "are so inured in the system that they will fight to defend it."
Blog text (12)
Synonyms
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2.3
Comfortable with something because you do it often
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3.5
Familiar with something because you do it often
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3.4
Familiar with something because you do it often
Made emotionally tougher after repeated difficult experiences
Being emotionally hard and not showing feelings because of bad experiences
Less sensitive to other people's pain after repeated exposure
Antonyms
How Desensitized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inured comes from older words that mean 'to use' or 'to make used', and it is related to the simple English word use. So if you are inured to pain or criticism, you have been made 'used to' it and it no longer affects you strongly.