sedentary
adjective
- abiding in one place; not migratory.
- pertaining to animals that move about little or are permanently attached to something, as a barnacle.
Origin of sedentary
Related Words for sedentary
inactive, desk, idle, seated, settled, sitting, sluggish, stationary, torpid, desk-boundExamples from the Web for sedentary
Contemporary Examples of sedentary
That reserve gets smaller with sedentary lifestyles, and with age.
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.
One celebrated study found that mortality rates for swimmers were lower than for those who are sedentary, walkers, and runners.
Masters Swimmers have lower average heart rates than sedentary controls.
Historical Examples of sedentary
His answer was, that he had been used to a sedentary employment.
Of meditative and sedentary habits, I enjoyed the extreme quiet.
Masterpieces of MysteryVarious
This is so, probably, because I'm a school teacher and sedentary in my habits.
I have, I confess, but indifferent skill in these sedentary arts.
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of MadauraLucius Apuleius
His wild outbursts are the result, I think, of his sedentary life.
An Anarchist WomanHutchins Hapgood