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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

lived-in en · ADJ

Meanings

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