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Learn “Inured”

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Inured

adjective/in-YOORD/

Meaning

To be inured to something is to have grown so used to it that it no longer bothers you.

In context

The farmer became inured to long droughts after a lifetime on the land.

Remember it

Say 'in-YOUR' skin it soaks — you get inured, or toughened, once something is in your everyday life.

Use it well

Almost always followed by 'to', and usually about becoming used to something hard or unpleasant.