deskbound
Americanadjective
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doing sedentary work; working exclusively at a desk.
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unfamiliar with actualities or practical matters outside one's own job.
deskbound executives who can't grasp production problems.
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noncombatant.
deskbound generals.
Etymology
Origin of deskbound
Example Sentences
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That means the messy, bizarre field trips remain a rite of passage for young professionals in an otherwise deskbound field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
The boxy cuts of batik shirts worn by civil servants might have conveniently camouflaged deskbound physiques, but they evoked the fashion of a bygone generation.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
But Charles Bramesco says the truest hero of the time was Peter Gibbons, the deskbound protagonist of Office Space.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2019
A deskbound cop fights to save a kidnapped woman in this Scandinavian thriller.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2018
What’s more, here was a way for Hoover, a deskbound functionary, to cast himself as a dashing figure—a crusader for the modern scientific age.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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