shut-in

[ shuht-in ]

adjective

1. confined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
2. Psychiatry. disposed to desire solitude; withdrawn; asocial.
3. (of an oil or gas well) temporarily sealed up.

noun

1. a person confined by infirmity or disease to the house, a hospital, etc.
2. Also called shut-in well. an oil or gas well that has been closed down.

shut-in

noun

1. 1. a person confined indoors by illness
   2. ( as modifier )

      a shut-in patient

2. psychiatry a condition in which the person is highly withdrawn and unable to express his own feelings See also schizoid

Word History and Origins

Origin of shut-in¹

1840–50, Americanism; adj., noun use of verb phrase shut in

Example Sentences

He was so brimming with unpredictability and anger, he told me, that by the time the pandemic hit, he was basically a shut-in anyway — for the safety of others.

From Los Angeles Times

Canada's Vermilion Energy Inc on Monday lowered its current quarter production outlook due to a shut-in caused by the wildfires in West Central Alberta.

From Reuters

Canada's Vermilion Energy Inc on Monday lowered its current quarter production outlook due to a shut-in caused by the wildfires in West Central Alberta.

From Reuters

Canada's Vermilion Energy Inc on Monday lowered its current quarter production outlook due to a shut-in caused by the wildfires in West Central Alberta.

From Reuters

Canada's Vermilion Energy Inc on Monday lowered its current quarter production outlook due to a shut-in caused by the wildfires in West Central Alberta.

From Reuters

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