Meaning & use
Inured
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Accustomed to something unpleasant or difficult, often through prolonged exposure, to the point of no longer being bothered by it.
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After years on the trading floor, he was inured to the stress of volatile markets.
Long exposure to violence had left the soldiers inured to danger.
A note on using this word
Often followed by 'to,' as in 'inured to hardship'; the word derives from the notion of being habituated through repeated use.
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