deep-seatedadjective
uk/ˌdiːpˈsiː.tɪd/us/ˌdiːpˈsiː.t̬ɪd/also deep-rooted, deeply rootedstrongly felt or believed and very difficult to change or get rid of:
a deep-seated faith in God
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Not able to be changed
- a leopard can't/doesn't change its spots idiom
- be no hard and fast rules idiom
- burn your boats/bridges idiom
- congenital
- continuity
- fixity
- hard line
- hard line
- immutable
- incorrigible
- incurable
- irreducible
- irremediable
- irreparable
- irretrievable
- irreversible
- ossify
- stuck
- uncompromising
- what's done is done idiom
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