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sedentary
[ sed-n-ter-ee ]
adjective
- characterized by or requiring a sitting posture:
a sedentary occupation.
- accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.
- Chiefly Zoology.
- abiding in one place; not migratory.
- pertaining to animals that move about little or are permanently attached to something, as a barnacle.
sedentary
/ ˈsɛdəntərɪ; -trɪ /
adjective
- characterized by or requiring a sitting position
sedentary work
- tending to sit about without taking much exercise
- (of animals) moving about very little, usually because of attachment to a rock or other surface
- (of animals) not migratory
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Derived Forms
- ˈsedentariness, noun
- ˈsedentarily, adverb
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Other Words From
- sed·en·tar·i·ly [sed-n-, tair, -, uh, -lee, sed, -n-ter-], adjective
- seden·tari·ness noun
- nonsed·en·tari·ly adverb
- non·seden·tari·ness noun
- non·seden·tary adjective
- pre·seden·tary adjective
- un·seden·tary adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sedentary1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sedentary1
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Example Sentences
That reserve gets smaller with sedentary lifestyles, and with age.
He will spend the rest of his commute sedentary, and she upright.
Kids today, just like adults, are more sedentary, glued to videogames and every tech gadget with a screen.
The doctors said it was as strong as an ox, considering he was so sedentary.
Americans spend twice as much time in cars as in the 1970s and average more than 26 hours per week of sedentary entertainment.
She grants the enjoyment of sedentary pursuits to those to whom she has denied hardier pleasures.
I now begin to despair, and am almost inclined to think that your sedentary life has rivetted your chains, and cut off your wings.
A slightly sallow tinge under its sudden bloom told how Rose had suffered from the sedentary life.
A waiter conjured a vacant table and chairs from nowhere, in the midst of the sedentary throng.
The sedentary life told on his health, and he obstinately declined the medicines his mother sent him.
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