deep-seated
Use Deep-seated in a sentence
tɪd adjective
firmly implanted or established: a deep-seated sense of loyalty.
Origin:
1735–45
1735–45
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| deep-rooted or deep-seated | |
| —adj | |
| (of ideas, beliefs, prejudices, etc) firmly fixed, implanted, or held; ingrained | |
| deep-seated or deep-seated | |
| —adj | |
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Deep-seated
is always a great word to know.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
deep-seated
1741, "having its seat far below the surface;" figurative use is from 1847.
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Example sentences
But the reluctance to aggressively and closely monitor potentially-dangerous individuals is more broad and deep-seated.
Resulting failures occur typically as either a shallow or deep-seated colluvial slide.
It is reluctant to do so, though, partly because of its deep-seated hostility to the drug companies.
There are deep-seated structural issues that must be dealt with by legislation.
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