"easy target" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: easy targets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} easy target (plural easy targets)
  1. Anything that is easy to criticize, lampoon etc. without fear of retribution Related terms: sitting duck Translations (anything that is easy to criticize): helppo kohde (Finnish), branco fácil [masculine] (Galician), könnyű célpont (Hungarian), victimă ușoară (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-easy_target-en-noun-0XXHvCQE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "anything that is easy to criticize",
          "word": "helppo kohde"
        },
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "anything that is easy to criticize",
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          "word": "branco fácil"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "anything that is easy to criticize",
          "word": "könnyű célpont"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "anything that is easy to criticize",
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      "word": "helppo kohde"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "anything that is easy to criticize",
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      "word": "branco fácil"
    },
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      "sense": "anything that is easy to criticize",
      "word": "könnyű célpont"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "anything that is easy to criticize",
      "word": "victimă ușoară"
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