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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ingrowing
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Clip toenails straight across - never cut too far down at the sides as this leads to ingrowing toenails.
▪ She is plump with ingrowing elbows.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ingrowing

Ingrowing \In"grow`ing\, a. Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance.

Wiktionary
ingrowing

a. growing inwards or abnormally towards (a part of the body)

WordNet
ingrowing

adj. growing abnormally into the flesh; "an ingrown toenail" [syn: ingrown]

Usage examples of "ingrowing".

That on occasion she doubtless has the same messy problems of blackheads, ingrowing toenails and sweaty armpits as the rest of us.

Wilkinson told him that her nephew, who had ingrowing toenails, had always wanted to be a teacher.

Frank opened his mouth and then decided not to ask what ingrowing toenails had to do with it, and I smothered my laughter in ice-cream and blackcurrant jam.

I am a Giant, I am a Titan, I am a Hercules of Liberty, I am Prometheus, I am the Jess Willard of the New Cerebral Pugilism, I am the Modern Cave Man, I am the Comrade of the Cosmic Urge, I have kicked off the Boots of Superstition, and I run wild along the Milky Way without ingrowing toenails, I am I!

He finds it hard to believe that such mundane concerns as ingrowing toenails and constipation ever sully her thoughts.

Scientific research has conclusively proved that water causes the hair to drop out, fallen arches and ingrowing toe nails.