vegetive
9.8
Passive and routine, with little energy or change
- adjective
- /ˈvɛdʒɪtɪv/
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vegetativo
- After months of a vegetive lifestyle, she decided to take up jogging and explore new hobbies.
Examples
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His daily routine was so vegetive that he hardly left the house.
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They criticized his vegetive habits, claiming he needed to find more excitement in life.
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Now that’s a marvel of vegetive nutritional transport.
Synonyms
1
6.7
Very inactive and showing little interest or energy
has the same meaning but uses a different written form
Antonyms
How Energetic
Surface Forms
vegetive positive
Morphology
vegetive = vegetate (semi-transparent) = veget + ive
Derived from the verb 'vegetate' with the adjectival suffix '-ive', but the rare form 'vegetive' (vs. the common 'vegetative') may confuse learners.
Etymology
Vegetive comes from the same root as vegetable and vegetate, words linked to plants. Think of someone 'vegetating' like a plant, slow and with little energy, so vegetive means living in a dull, passive way.