deep-seated. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

deep-seated

SYLLABICATION:	deep-seat·ed
PRONUNCIATION:	dpstd
ADJECTIVE:	1. Being so far below the surface as to be unsusceptible to superficial examination, study, or treatment: a deep-seated infection. 2. Deeply rooted; ingrained: deep-seated ideological differences.


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