lived-in

adjective

Looking like someone currently lives there or has lived there, not pristine, not new

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Looking like someone currently lives there or has lived there, not pristine, not new
  2. euphemisticLooking sloppily kept.
  3. Of a dramatic performancefully-realized, well-observed.

    2012, January 24. Richard Brody, "A Better Nomination", The New Yorker. "Pitt's performance is lived-in, exhuberant, hearty …"

Cite this entry
APA

lived-in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lived-in

MLA

“lived-in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lived-in. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lived-in,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lived-in.

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