adjective
- firmly established and difficult to change or remove
Examples
- His ingrained habits made it hard for him to adapt to the new schedule.
- The company struggled to overcome ingrained prejudices in hiring practices.
- Years of training had created ingrained responses to emergency situations.
- She had an ingrained distrust of politicians after the scandal.
- The ingrained dirt on his hands wouldn’t wash off easily.
- Cultural traditions become ingrained over generations.
- His ingrained politeness made him apologize even when he wasn’t wrong.