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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
  • Her team has dug up living anthrax samples that may have been dormant for 80 years in previous research.
    — RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026
  • If your crepe myrtles aren’t receiving enough light, transplant them to a new growing location when the plants are dormant in winter.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of dormant
Verb
  • Potassium helps lower blood pressure by relaxing blood vessel walls and helping the body clear out excess sodium.
    — Sarah Anzlovar, Verywell Health, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The South is rich in relaxing beach towns, but, according to Michael Linder, general manager of The Mills House in Charleston, there’s one in particular that stands out.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of relaxing
Adjective
  • Cargo ships in most ports idle for less than two days on average.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026
  • That was to avoid both leagues having 15 apiece and with uneven teams every day on the schedule having one team idle.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of idle
Verb
  • Slide open and step outside to sit at the deck’s fire table immersed in towering evergreen trees while resting your eyes beyond to the Sierra Nevada.
    — Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Matthew Stafford was resting as part of his maintenance plan, and Simpson split reps evenly with Stetson Bennett, with Bennett taking the first crack.
    — Nate Atkins, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of resting
Adjective
  • Experts believe the volcano is currently in a quiescent state, but researchers monitor it around the clock.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of quiescent
Verb
  • 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
  • The pair had been loafing for some time among a grove of apple trees on a private residence in Payson.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of loafing
Adjective
  • In contrast, spending time involves unproductive activities, confusing busyness with progress.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Desertification is the severe degradation of fertile drylands into unproductive, desert-like terrain, stripping the soil of its vegetation, nutrients, and agricultural capability.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 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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