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inured

[ 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 ( def ).
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ܰ·Ա [in-, yoor, -id-nis, ih-, noor, -, in-, yoord, -, ih-, noord, -], noun
  • ܲ··ܰ adjective
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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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And third, it seems to me that we have simply become inured to Trump’s excesses and outrages.

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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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In an age of the lone gunman, amid deepening rancor in a society inured to gun violence and militant political rhetoric, the shooting was another potent sign of what counterterrorism agencies are facing.

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It is measure of Carter’s determination that he plunges ahead, inured to criticism or reversal.

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