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Definitions

sitting duck

NOUN
easy target
Synonyms
STRONGEST
pushover
WEAK
babe in the woods dead duck dead meat easy pickings easy victim lamb sinecure soft touch toast vulnerable

Example Sentences

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In my opinion, I could be a sitting duck.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

Marked up under his right eye, Yarde was not quite a sitting duck yet but was not winning rounds either - perhaps guilty of showing the champion too much respect.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

“I knew I was a bit of a sitting duck if I wasn’t careful,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

I was a sitting duck and they were fearless.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2024

There were practical jokes, including one on Hubert Hudson, the navigator, who was generally considered an oddball and a sitting duck for jokes.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong