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inured

adjective as in given

adjective as in given to

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Seven years after #MeToo, many women remain reluctant to speak out about abuse they have suffered at the hands of the rich and powerful, and those who do often find that the public, instead of being more sensitive, has become inured and indeed more skeptical, especially of those who do not have “receipts,” including video.

And third, it seems to me that we have simply become inured to Trump’s excesses and outrages.

From Salon

"It's not their children who are being pushed down the social housing waiting lists because of migrants coming into this country. They are inured to the consequences of both legal and illegal migration," he said.

From BBC

In an age of the lone gunman, amid deepening rancor in a society inured to gun violence and militant political rhetoric, the shooting was another potent sign of what counterterrorism agencies are facing.

It is measure of Carter’s determination that he plunges ahead, inured to criticism or reversal.

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