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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an ingrained" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is firmly established or deeply embedded in a person's mind or behavior.
Example: "Her ingrained habits made it difficult for her to adapt to the new routine."
Alternatives: "deep-seated" or "entrenched".
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My aunt had an ingrained dislike of Cajuns and Catholics.
There was an "ingrained belief" that should have been challenged.
She also has an ingrained respect for personal privacy.
Their doubts are born from an ingrained sense of realpolitik.
There is no simple solution to such an ingrained problem.
"There is an ingrained money lending business," he said.
Companies need discipline — an ingrained sense of the relationship between effort and reward, product and profit.
This may explain why forgetfulness seldom dismays Johnson: it is an ingrained state of being.
To achieve the look, she relies on an ingrained English skill for layering.
Her ideas are conditioned as well by an ingrained sense of fairness.
The legacy was one of uncompetitive firms, a huge bureaucracy and an ingrained welfare mentality.
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