inured
accustomed to something unpleasant through long exposure, so that it no longer causes distress
Word origin: From Middle English in ure, in use or practice.
Inured in a sentence
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After years on the battlefield, the soldiers became inured to danger.
Inured to criticism after a long public career, she read the scathing review without a flicker of concern.
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The committee dismissed the proposal as blank, pointing out that its projected revenues depended on conditions no economy had ever sustained.
Using “inured” well
Inured, the adjective form, describes a person so accustomed to something unpleasant that it no longer causes distress, and it contrasts with sensitive and unaccustomed.
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