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adj. - Of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous.

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Usage examples (8)
  • Adjective : vegetative mold. ,a vegetative state
  • I hope if I'm trapped in a vegetive state there is someone to protect my life and not be starved to death.
  • As a structure it had nothing about it that would attract special attention; it was simply neat, and had an appearance of comfort; but looked at in conjunction with the...
  • Certainly the body, container of soul and of nature, cannot even in itself be as a soulless form would be: it cannot even be like air traversed by light; it must be like air...
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