Preposition: in

• people: The desire for predictive capability is deep-rooted in people.

Modifies a noun

• tradition: In France their standards sit easily with the age-old, deep-rooted traditions of French cuisine.

• belief: People have deep-rooted beliefs have about the pool of ability in a society.

• fear: A deep-rooted fear for himself, and Marian, infused him.

• problem: Of course, foreign adoption will not solve the deep-rooted problems facing the developing world.

• sense: There's a deep-rooted sense in our country that somehow all is not quite right.

• cause: The deep-rooted social causes of drug misuse are being ignored.

Modifying Another Word

• so: The hysteria around sex, disease and death is so deep-rooted in our culture.

• very: Or I may have an irresistible ( and fairly abstract ) preoccupation with something very deep-rooted.

• equally: The fundamental changes taking place in public services require equally deep-rooted changes in regulation.

• too: And I don't mean feel sorry for yourself while whimpering " I've tried, but the situation is too deep-rooted... " .

Used with adjective complement

• become: It can be harder to communicate when problems have become more deep-rooted.