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sedentary

[ sed-n-ter-ee ]

adjective

  1. characterized by or requiring a sitting posture:

    a sedentary occupation.

  2. accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.
  3. Chiefly Zoology.
    1. abiding in one place; not migratory.
    2. pertaining to animals that move about little or are permanently attached to something, as a barnacle.


sedentary

/ ˈsɛdəntərɪ; -trɪ /

adjective

  1. characterized by or requiring a sitting position

    sedentary work

  2. tending to sit about without taking much exercise
  3. (of animals) moving about very little, usually because of attachment to a rock or other surface
  4. (of animals) not migratory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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
  • seden·tari·ness noun
  • nonsed·en·tari·ly adverb
  • non·seden·tari·ness noun
  • non·seden·tary adjective
  • pre·seden·tary adjective
  • un·seden·tary adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sedentary1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin sedentārius “sitting,” equivalent to sedent- (stem of sedēns, present participle of sedēre “to sit 1 ”; -ent ) + -ārius -ary
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sedentary1

C16: from Latin sedentārius, from sedēre to sit
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Example Sentences

Back pain can often be the predictable result of a sedentary lifestyle that more and more Americans have, so it may not take much movement to increase strength in the core and back enough to relieve pain.

Some might argue that the imaging signs could be chalked up to differences between the hearts of competitive athletes and those of the more sedentary.

I know online education may seem an awful imposition on parents of younger children particularly – bloodless and breathless, as well as overly sedentary.

This time, however, we distilled the plasma from runners and injected it into sedentary litter mates over the course of a month.

After 30 days of giving them the drug, Evans and his team put the sedentary mice on a treadmill.

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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