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   In·grown

   /ˈinˌɡrōn/

   

   adjective

   • 1. growing or having grown within a thing; innate: "as Greek instinct or ingrown habit would have dictated"
   • ▪ (of a toenail) having grown abnormally so as to press into the flesh.
   • ▪ preoccupied with oneself; inward-looking: "direct mail is a clubby, ingrown world in which everybody knows everybody"
   • ▪ (of an incised meander) asymmetric in cross section due to lateral erosion.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   • N

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