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sedentariness

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sed·en·tar·y  (sdn-tr)
adj.
1. Characterized by or requiring much sitting: a sedentary job.
2. Accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise.
3. Remaining or living in one area, as certain birds; not migratory.
4. Attached to a surface and not moving freely, as a barnacle.

[French sédentaire, from Old French, from Latin sedentrius, from sedns, sedent-, present participle of sedre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

seden·tari·ly (-târ-l) adv.
seden·tari·ness n.
Translations
sedentariness
n
as a result of the sedentariness of the jobdurch das dauernde Sitzen bei der Arbeit; the excessive sedentariness of his daily lifedas übermäßige tägliche Sitzen
(of tribe)Sesshaftigkeit f; (of bird)Verbleiben ntam Nistort


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