Archaic form of entrench. [(literally) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.]
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intrenched
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Editorial note
The product is intrenched enough in the society that nobody will move unless something happens to the product itself.
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Archaic form of entrench. [(literally) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.]
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Definitions
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verb
Archaic form of entrench. [(literally) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.]
Example sentences
The product is intrenched enough in the society that nobody will move unless something happens to the product itself.
See here Einstein's photo electric effect or his theory of relativity - both disrupted fairly intrenched consensus.
Or will Microsoft's intrenched position in the corporate (and enterprise) environments ensure its continued (and varied) success?
Presuming you mean infrastructure, land lines have the added complexity of all the property negotiations and intrenched interests that are often corrupt, often dysfunctional monopolies and sometimes both.
None of those are simple cases of comparable products gaining ground against intrenched competitors, they're cases of superior products gaining ground.
My main concern is that it's swimming upstream against intrenched monopolies guarded by wealthy assholes.
So not only will such ‘small evils’ become intrenched there is also a powerful insensitive to find even more of them.
If the re-org works, it will break the power of the intrenched divisions and they can stop being their own worst enemy.
Furthermore, when we have fresh politicians, because they are new to office, they won't have such intrenched interests.
I don't think I would use it, with git so intrenched, but the way it shows diffs on tickets is really nice.
But arguably now Facebook is so intrenched that it can remove some of this incentive and even profit of giving some of it back for a price.
Like many of the great internet companies Airbnb is ruffling a lot of feathers from intrenched businesses and changing the way people think about their private space.
Quote examples
The mentality is so intrenched that if you are not one of these pump and dump shows with an exit strategy then you are labelled a lifestyle business instead of a proper "startup".
"They are coming for your guns" has been consistent messaging put out by those with an intrenched interest with no basis in reality.
“The odds” are so intrenched in talking about the game itself, that kids are naturally taught the lingo and that watching / betting on sports go hand in hand.
I wonder if we will ever be able to have a sane conversation about the "sexism in the Valley" or the fact that it concerns itself with something that is so technologically intrenched the mob mentality of the Internet will always draw centre stage.
Proper noun examples
Intrenched bureaucratic inertia and desire for control over info?
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use intrenched in a sentence?
The product is intrenched enough in the society that nobody will move unless something happens to the product itself.
What does intrenched mean?
Archaic form of entrench. [(literally) To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.]
What part of speech is intrenched?
intrenched is commonly used as verb.