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ingrained
Meaning: deeply established and difficult to change
ingrained in a sentence
How ingrained is used in real sentences:
The reformers struggled against ingrained prejudice within the institution.
The coach found it difficult to alter the veteran's ingrained technique.
“Deception had become ingrained in the company’s routines, passed from senior clerks to new employees as if it were proper bookkeeping.”
— from the passage The Threads in the Ledger
Synonyms for ingrained
Other words for ingrained — entrenched, rooted and inveterate — carry the same meaning.
- entrenched
- rooted
- inveterate
Antonyms of ingrained
Words that mean the opposite of ingrained:
- superficial
- fleeting
- changeable
Where it comes from
From the idea of dye fixed deeply within the grain of a material.
Memory hook
IN the GRAIN: an ingrained belief is fixed too deeply to remove easily.