as in relaxed
to spend time doing things that do not require much thought or effort; to be very lazy or inactive
I just spent the weekend vegetating at home. I'm worried that after I retire I'll just sit at home, watch TV, and vegetate.
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Recent Examples of vegetated
We were parked alongside a remote and heavily vegetated waterway called Furlong Creek, which was the site of another one of Johnson’s experiments.
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Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Contrary to the arid badlands of Ledi-Geraru today, millions of years ago, the area was a lush, vegetated landscape with rivers and shallow lakes.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Contrary to the arid badlands of Ledi-Geraru today, millions of years ago, the area was a lush, vegetated landscape with rivers and shallow lakes.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vegetated
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The State Department later, relaxed its warning for certain areas.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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Below the outpost on the hill, around the multiplying fires, families of cultures just as alien to the outsiders relaxed in shelters of poles and bark ripped from huge pines.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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The hopes of people opposed to ICE’s plans rested on the property owners of the warehouses backing away from the deals — but that has failed to happen.—
Lautaro Grinspan,
AJC.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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Flags for Canada and third-place Finland rested below Old Glory on either side.—
Chris Kudialis,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Despite the fridge’s undeniable importance in keeping our food fresh, beverages perfectly chilled, and kitchens fully functional, many of us cut corners and take shortcuts when cleaning this appliance.—
Taylor Tobin,
Southern Living,
24 Feb. 2026
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The storm system stalled over the region, dropping all that moisture—now chilled into white flakes—onto roads, power lines, sidewalks and lawns.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
23 Feb. 2026
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Further on, sandy-colored cows lazed in the mid-morning sun.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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Takaichi also promised to speed the restart of reactors idled since the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in 2011.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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In February 2023, Stellantis idled the assembly plant near Rockford and laid off its last 1,200 workers after halting production of the Cherokee amid dwindling sales.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Vegetated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vegetated. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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