sedentary

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.

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sedentary [sed-en-tree]

Adjective

1. done sitting down and involving very little exercise: a sedentary job

2. tending to sit about without taking much exercise [Latin sedere to sit]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

sedentary - requiring sitting or little activity; "forced by illness to lead a sedentary life" inactive - not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"

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sedentary

adjective inactive, sitting, seated, desk, motionless, torpid, desk-bound << OPPOSITE active

Translations

sedentary [ˈsɛdntrɪ] adj → sedentario

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sedentary [ˈsɛdntrɪ] adj → sédentaire

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sedentary [ˈsɛdntrɪ] adj (occupation, work) → sitzend

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sedentary [ˈsɛdntrɪ] adj → sedentario/a

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sedentary

adj sedentary [ˈsedntəri]

(of a job, way of living etc) requiring or involving much sitting and little exercise a sedentary job in a tax office. onaktiewe قُعْدَه، جُلوسي заседнал sedavý stillesiddende sitzend καθιστικός sedentario istuv بي تحرك istuma- sédentaire כָּרוּך בִּישִיבָה अभ्रमणशील sjedilački, sjedeći ülő- di belakang meja kyrrsetu- sedentario すわってする 앉아 일하는 sėdimas sēdošs banyak duduk zittend stillesittende siedzący sedentário sedentar сидячий, малоподвижный sedavý sedeč sedeći stillasittande, orörlig นั่ง oturarak yapılan 坐辦公室的 сидячий نشستہ، بیٹھ کر کرنے والے کام ngồi nhiều 坐办公室的