1. accustomed to something unpleasant or difficult through prolonged exposure
Usage: often followed by ‘to’

Examples

• After years of working in the emergency room, she became inured to the sight of blood.
• The soldiers were inured to the harsh conditions of military life.
• Living in the city had made him inured to constant noise.
• She was inured to criticism after decades in politics.
• The construction workers were inured to working in extreme heat.
• He became inured to his boss’s daily complaints.