Sedentariness

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.

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

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seden·tari·ly (-târ-l) adv.

seden·tari·ness n.