used to accepting something undesirable.
used to accepting something undesirable.
If you are inured to something (usually unpleasant), it means you are used to it. "It was like water off a duck's back - I was inured to his childish jibes at me."
If you are inured to something (usually unpleasant), it means you are used to it. "It was like water off a duck's back - I was inured to his childish jibes at me."
Over time, government corruption inured acceptance among many people.
The connotation of "inured" is often negative. People become inured to violence, injury, insensitivity, injustic, etc.. This means that they get used to it (even though, in ideal circumstances, they shouldn't have to).
The benefits granted by this instrument inure to the benefit of the named beneficiary's hers after the named beneficiary's death. [special legal meaning] By taking cold showers, a person can become inured to short exposure to cold environments. [more normal meaning]
I have eaten a lot of hospital food in my time, this won't take me long to become inured.
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After so many years, she had become inured to his criticisms, and had learned to ignore them.Policies that were set under his leadership were not inured until his successor took over, so his successor got most of the credit for their effects.She has become inured to living quite frugally, and hardly ever spends any money on anything besides the basic necessities.Her legal background, which she'd thought would be useless in the restaurant business, inured when a scam artist filed a phony lawsuit against her establishment.
I have become quite inured to the arduousness of the study of law. Hearing the story of his roommate's alcoholic aunt for the sixth time inured Jason; he no longer listens.
The royal legion a charity set out to help those inured during warfare.
The royal legion a charity set out to help those inured during warfare.