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deep-rooted
/ˈdiːp ˌɹuːtɪd/
adj 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
able, against
VERB + DEEP-ROOTED
highlight, overcome, remarks
DEEP-ROOTED + NOUN
algeria, custom, divisions, non-native, prejudice, problems
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
1
Of a plant, having deep roots.
He observed the leaves of trees there abouts more deeply green then else∣where, the Oakes broad-spreading, but not deep-rooted;
1726, Jonathan Swift (translator), “Horace, Book I, Ode XIV” in Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, London: T. Woodward and Charles Davis, 1736, Volume 5, p. 193, Poor floating Isle, tost on ill Fortune’s Waves, Ordain’d by Fate to be the Land of Slaves; Shall moving Delos now deep-rooted stand, Thou, fixt of old, be now the moving Land?
2
Of a non-living object, deeply and firmly embedded (in the ground, etc.)
3
Firmly established in thought or behavior and difficult to change.
They avoid conflict at all costs because of their deep-rooted fear of upsetting people.
[…] Temporarie faith keeping residence only in the out-face of the heart, is ouerswayed & ouerborn in temptation by euery strong desire, or deep-rooted passion.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted
- deep-seated
- implanted
- ingrained
- planted
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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He observed the leaves of trees there abouts more deeply green then else∣where, the Oakes broad-spreading, but not deep-rooted;
Wiktionary02
1726, Jonathan Swift (translator), “Horace, Book I, Ode XIV” in Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, London: T. Woodward and Charles Davis, 1736, Volume 5, p. 193, Poor floating Isle, tost on ill Fortune’
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1791, William Cowper (translator), The Odyssey, Book 13, in The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, London: J. Johnson, Volume 2, p. 302, And now the flying bark full near approach’d, When Neptune, meeting he
Wiktionary04
Japan may appear to be peaceful and tranquil on the surface but the fact is that there are a lot of deep-rooted problems.
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This is a deep-rooted custom in Algeria.
Tatoeba · #908700606
Billy's cruel remarks highlight a deep-rooted prejudice against non-native speakers.
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