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sedentary
[ sed-n-ter-ee ]
adjective
- characterized by or requiring a sitting posture:
a sedentary occupation.
- accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.
- Chiefly Zoology.
- abiding in one place; not migratory.
- pertaining to animals that move about little or are permanently attached to something, as a barnacle.
sedentary
/ ˈsɛdəntərɪ; -trɪ /
adjective
- characterized by or requiring a sitting position
sedentary work
- tending to sit about without taking much exercise
- (of animals) moving about very little, usually because of attachment to a rock or other surface
- (of animals) not migratory
Derived Forms
- ˈsedentariness, noun
- ˈsedentarily, adverb
Other Words From
- sed·en·tar·i·ly [sed-n-, tair, -, uh, -lee, sed, -n-ter-], adjective
- seden·tari·ness noun
- nonsed·en·tari·ly adverb
- non·seden·tari·ness noun
- non·seden·tary adjective
- pre·seden·tary adjective
- un·seden·tary adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of sedentary1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sedentary1
Example Sentences
The effects of sedentary time varied by outcome.
Policies encouraging settler colonialism ultimately led to more sedentary lifestyles and a dependence on fast, convenient and processed foods – such as hamburgers – regardless of the individual or environmental costs.
Decades of a sedentary lifestyle, osteoporosis, arthritis and other conditions can lead to weakened muscles, more fragile bones and unstable, painful joints, not to mention balance issues.
There is “real diversity in health and well-being” for retirees, Hershfield said, noting that some people are sedentary at 65, and others are running marathons into their nineties.
Even seemingly sedentary non-native plants are moving at three times the speed of their native counterparts in a race where, because of the rapid pace of climate change and its effect on habitat, speed matters.
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