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1. (adj.) sedentary
characterized by or requiring a sitting posture:
a sedentary occupation.
2. sedentary
characterized by inactivity and lack of exercise:
a sedentary life.
3. sedentary
abiding in one place; not migratory.
4. sedentary
pertaining to animals that move about little or are permanently attached to something, as a barnacle.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < L sedentārius sitting)
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| Definition of 'sedentary' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) sedentary
requiring sitting or little activity
"forced by illness to lead a sedentary life"
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| Definition of 'sedentary' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) sedentary
accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man
2. (adj) sedentary
characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life
3. (adj) sedentary
inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil
4. (adj) sedentary
caused by long sitting
5. (adj) sedentary
remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans
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Sense: (of a job, way of living etc) requiring or involving much sitting and little exercise
a sedentary job in a tax office.
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 Afrikaans: onaktiewe |
 Arabic: قُعْدَه، جُلوسي |
 Bulgarian: заседнал |
 Brazilian: sedentário |
 Czech: sedavý |
 German: sitzend |
 Danish: stillesiddende |
 Greek: καθιστικός |
 Spanish: sedentario |
 Estonian: istuv |
 Farsi: بي تحرك |
 Finnish: istuma- |
 French: sédentaire |
 Hebrew: כָּרוּך בִּישִיבָה |
 Hindi: अभ्रमणशील |
 Croatian: sjedilački, sjedeći |
 Hungarian: ülő- |
 Indonesian: di belakang meja |
 Icelandic: kyrrsetu- |
 Italian: sedentario |
 Japanese: すわってする |
 Korean: 앉아만 있는 |
 Lithuanian: sėdimas |
 Latvian: sēdošs |
 Malay: banyak duduk |
 Dutch: zittend |
 Norwegian: stillesittende |
 Polish: siedzący |
 Persian: بي تحرك |
 Pashto: ميشت، استوګن، ځايى، ځاي پ |
 Portuguese: sedentário |
 Romanian: sedentar |
 Russian: сидячий, малоподвижный |
 Slovak: sedavý |
 Slovenian: sedeč |
 Serbian: sedeći |
 Swedish: stillasittande, orörlig |
 Thai: นั่ง |
 Turkish: oturarak yapılan |
 Taiwanese: 坐著的，需要久坐的 |
 Ukrainian: сидячий |
 Urdu: نشستہ، بیٹھ کر کرنے والے |
 Vietnamese: ngồi nhiều |
 Chinese: 坐着的，需要久坐的 |
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