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lived-in

lived-in adjective: looking like someone currently lives there or has lived there, not pristine, not new.

Adjective

lived-in

  1. Looking like someone currently lives there or has lived there, not pristine, not new
  2. (euphemistic) Looking sloppily kept.
  3. (Of a dramatic performance) fully-realized, well-observed.
    • "Pitt's performance is lived-in, exhuberant, hearty …"2012, January 24. Richard Brody, "A Better Nomination", The New Yorker.

Questions about lived-in

What does lived-in mean?
Lived-in means looking like someone currently lives there or has lived there, not pristine, not new.
What part of speech is lived-in?
Lived-in is an adjective.

Words near lived-in in the dictionary

  1. lived up
  2. lived with
  3. lived with one's wife's family
  4. lived with oneself
  5. lived within oneself
  6. lived-in
  7. livedo
  8. livedo racemosa
  9. livedo reticularis
  10. livedoid
  11. livedst

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