armchair
theorizing without the benefit of practical experience: an armchair football coach.
participating or experiencing indirectly or vicariously: an armchair traveler.
Origin of armchair
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How to use armchair in a sentence
It felt strangely awkward seeing him in my living room with the fake Louis armchairs and the folk art paintings.
There were armchairs ranged around, and I sat next to George, who was soon laughing away.
The judges sat in their armchairs, with their heads propped up by eider-down cushions, because they had so much to think about.
Rudy and Babette | Hans Christian AndersenSomewhat lower down, outside the canopy, to the right and left, were two other armchairs for members of the Royal Family.
The conquest of Rome | Matilde SeraoThey sat down in their ministerial armchairs with the consciousness of criminality in their hearts.
Revolution and Counter-Revolution | Karl Marx
He half filled the glass, emptied it with a few swallows, refilled it and took it over to one of the armchairs.
Gone Fishing | James H. SchmitzSome plain wooden armchairs were set against the walls that had been rough plastered and washed with burnt sienna brown.
Flamsted quarries | Mary E. Waller
British Dictionary definitions for armchair
/ (ˈɑːmˌtʃɛə) /
a chair, esp an upholstered one, that has side supports for the arms or elbows
(modifier) taking no active part; lacking practical experience; theoretical: an armchair strategist
(modifier) participated in away from the place of action or in the home: armchair theatre
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