armchair

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.

   “[W]hen he [Pooh] suddenly saw Piglet sitting in his best arm-chair, he could only stand there rubbing his head and wondering whose house he was in.”

2. isim A position removed from that which one is
3. sıfat Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement.

   “armchair travels”

4. sıfat Unqualified or uninformed but yet giving advice, especially on technical issues, such as law, architecture, medicine, military theory, or sports; relating to such advice.

   “He's just an armchair lawyer who thinks he knows a lot about the law because he reads a legal blog.”

5. fiil To create based on theory or general knowledge rather than data.

   “Research for program's subject matter is like mining gold. The more raw material we have, the more likely we are going to find gold nuggets. But this step is often overlooked and a program is "armchaired" from the office of the vice-president or vice-president of sales.”

6. fiil To theorize based on analysis of data that was gathered previously; to reflect.

   “In past years, we administered this questionnaire and gave the results to the president who sat at a conference table with top management and armchaired some answers.”