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deskbound

[desk-bound]

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adjective

doing sedentary work; working exclusively at a desk.

unfamiliar with actualities or practical matters outside one's own job: deskbound executives who can't grasp production problems.

noncombatant: deskbound generals.

Origin of deskbound

First recorded in 1940–45; desk + -bound¹

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Related Words for desk-bound

inactive, desk, idle, seated, settled, sitting, sluggish, stationary, torpid

British Dictionary definitions for desk-bound

desk-bound

adjective

engaged in or involving sedentary work, as at an office desk

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