Thesaurus results for VEGETATED

vegetated

verb

past tense of vegetate

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. —

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

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Wood is said to be keen to prioritize other writing, while the BBC was relaxed about moving on from the series.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 May 2026
The wide-leg pants are relaxed without looking sloppy and the zip-up jacket comes in handy when the plane or a cafe suddenly feels like a refrigerator.

— Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026