armchair
IPA: ˈɑrmtʃɛr
noun
- A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.
verb
- To create based on theory or general knowledge rather than data.
- To theorize based on analysis of data that was gathered previously; to reflect.
adjective
- (figuratively) Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement.
- (figuratively) Unqualified or uninformed but yet giving advice, especially on technical issues, such as law, architecture, medicine, military theory, or sports; relating to such advice.
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Examples of "armchair" in Sentences
- The book is an armchair treasure hunt.
- The armchair lawyering here is ridiculous.
- Armchair noted the names of the individual islands.
- In the foreground is an armchair with orange upholstery.
- Sangmin is sitting in an armchair and watching the snow.
- There is the armchair philosophers who didn't get the memo.
- Armchair quarterbacks may debate the athletic nature of the game.
- They are found dead by the tour group at the Armchair of the Devil.
- Don Henley referred to Armchair Warriors in The End of the Innocence.
- She would sit on the antique French sofa and the visitors on the armchairs.
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