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

All the time, Stern feared his boat was a sitting duck for Venezuelan security forces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Matthew Stafford was a sitting duck in the Rams’ 41-10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

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