Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having residents.
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- adjective Describing a location as looking like someone currently lives there or has lived there, not
pristine , not new. Generally a derogatory term meaning it issloppily kept.
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Examples
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As a result, my living room always had what I called a lived-in look and what my mother called a mess.
My Resolution Jack Canfield 2008
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As a result, my living room always had what I called a lived-in look and what my mother called a mess.
My Resolution Jack Canfield 2008
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The gorgeous, gritty, dilapidated, detailed, lived-in, fully realized future that Syd Mead created for Ridley Scott not only remains unsurpassed, it's never even been seriously challenged.
MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 3) 2009
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A salmon-colored sweatshirt for men treated to look faded and nubby jackets were meant to evoke Los Angeles' laid-back, lived-in vibe.
Resort Wear from Calvin Klein, Jason Wu and Marc by Marc Jacobs Ray A. Smith 2011
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In Hollywood's version of New York City, the metropolis is teeming with secretive, cinematic alleyways—the ultimate urban character actor, always on call to lend a film a sense of lived-in grit.
Our Typecast Metropolis Nick Carr 2011
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On the opposite side of the dining room was a huge black metal woodstove that seemed to be the centerpiece of the room, giving it a homey, lived-in feeling.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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The locales are exotic but the cinematography captures them as lived-in, alive, not as post cards or social studies text book illustrations.
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Andrew Burton for The Wall Street Journal The home at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel is distinguished by its coziness and lived-in feeling, even though it is apparently hardly lived in at all.
The Prince of Chintz 2011
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The locales are exotic but the cinematography captures them as lived-in, alive, not as post cards or social studies text book illustrations.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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Or they might stretch and wash the shirt several times to achieve a softer, lived-in texture right off the rack.
Why do $500 T-shirts cost so much? By Jason Chow 2011
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