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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

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The injuries to Doncic and Reaves turned the Lakers into the perceived sitting duck of the competitive Western Conference playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

In my opinion, I could be a sitting duck.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

“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

Cricket is a sitting duck for a phrase like chaos.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2023

Now he was waddling around in the little house like a sitting duck.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole