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adjective

as in dormant

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verb

present participle of vegetate
as in relaxing
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 Synonyms for vegetating
  1. dormant
  2. relaxing
  3. idle
  4. resting
  5. quiescent
  6. loafing
  7. unproductive
  8. lazing
Adjective
  • For the better part of a decade, the feud lay relatively dormant.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
  • Aim to water aloe vera about every two to three weeks during summer months and once a month or less when the plant is dormant in winter.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 July 2026
Definition of dormant
Verb
  • Speaking of relaxing, the largest pool (which sits directly behind the hotel) is essentially the focal point of the resort.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
  • For many of us, summer means relaxing days by the pool or at the beach.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 13 July 2026
Definition of relaxing
Adjective
  • Steps from City Hall, a two-acre dirt lot once promised as a flagship downtown park instead sits fenced and idle.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
  • On the higher end, a saver would collect a little more than $2,000 in interest for essentially doing nothing but waiting out the term — money that would otherwise sit idle in a low- or no-interest account.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of idle
Verb
  • The platform is also designed to support those who run resting orders, trades that don't execute until certain prices are met, the memo said.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 13 July 2026
  • Eagle-eyed commenters noted that a hand that was previously resting on Norris’ hip is no longer there.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
Definition of resting
Adjective
  • For galaxies with a quiescent supermassive black hole, astronomers measure how quickly the stars tightly packed near the center of the galaxy are traveling.
    — Mary Ogborn, The Conversation, 25 June 2026
  • As oil prices drop with the Iran war quiescent, US consumers might hope price rises could level off.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of quiescent
Verb
  • Martin removed his right fielder for loafing on a ball hit to the outfield.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Kids who used to run to the field excited to play, suddenly started loafing to the field wearing their crocs with their heads buried in their phones.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
Definition of loafing
Adjective
  • Starmer, a stellar lawyer before entering politics in 2015, failed to inspire or articulate a convincing plan to revive a country held back by creaking, unreformed public infrastructure and an unproductive economy.
    — Toby Helm, Time, 27 June 2026
  • Barriers to a meaningful life As digital natives, Gen Zers are aware of their attachment to screens, with more than half citing their unproductive use of technology as a significant barrier to developing a meaningful life.
    — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
Definition of unproductive
Verb
  • The sense of just how much there is to do in this part of the world—the length of the scale between lazing and becoming ultra-active—is palpable.
    — Lauren Keith, Robb Report, 30 May 2026
  • Its clear, shallow waters were pleasant to wade into after lazing under one of the scrubby trees on the sand.
    — Lucy Handley, CNBC, 15 Nov. 2025
Definition of lazing
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