ingrainedadjective
uk/ɪnˈɡreɪnd/us/ɪnˈɡreɪnd/ingrained adjective (BELIEFS)
(of beliefs) so firmly held that they are not likely to change:
Such ingrained prejudices cannot be corrected easily.
The belief that you should own your house is deeply ingrained in our society.
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Not able to be changed
- a leopard can't/doesn't change its spots idiom
- be no hard and fast rules idiom
- burn your boats/bridges idiom
- congenital
- continuity
- fixed
- fixity
- hard line
- hard line
- immutable
- incurable
- irreducible
- irremediable
- irreparable
- irretrievable
- irreversible
- ossify
- stuck
- uncompromising
- what's done is done idiom
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ingrained adjective (DIRT)
Ingrained dirt has got under the surface of something and is difficult to remove:
The oil had become ingrained in his skin.
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Dirt & untidiness
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- bloodstain
- blot
- clutter
- contaminant
- contaminate
- filthiness
- fleck
- grime
- gunge
- gunk
- muck
- pollutant
- slovenly
- slut
- smear
- smudge
- speck
- speckle
- stain
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