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ˈsɛd nˌtɛr iseden·ta·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sedentaryadjective

    requiring sitting or little activity

    "forced by illness to lead a sedentary life"

Wiktionary

  1. sedentaryadjective

    Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.

  2. sedentaryadjective

    Not moving much; sitting around.

  3. Etymology: From sedentarius, from sedeo.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. SEDENTARYadjective

    Etymology: sedentaire, French; sedentario, Italian; sedentarius, from sedeo, Latin.

    A sedentary life, appropriate to all students, crushes the bowels; and, for want of stirring the body, suffers the spirits to lie dormant. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.

    The blood of labouring people is more dense and heavy than of those who live a sedentary life. Arbuthnot.

    The sedentary earth,
    That better might with far less compass move,
    Serv’d by more noble than herself, attains
    Her end without least motion. John Milton.

    ’Till length of years
    And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs
    To a contemptible old age obscure. John Milton, Agonistes.

    The soul, considered abstractedly from its passions, is of a remiss sedentary nature, slow in its resolves, and languishing in its executions. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

Wikipedia

  1. sedentary

    Sedentary lifestyle is a lifestyle type, in which one is physically inactive and does little or no physical movement and or exercise. A person living a sedentary lifestyle is often sitting or lying down while engaged in an activity like socializing, watching TV, playing video games, reading or using a mobile phone or computer for much of the day. A sedentary lifestyle contributes to poor health quality, diseases as well as many preventable causes of death.Sitting time is a common measure of a sedentary lifestyle. A global review representing 47% of the global adult population found that the average person sits down for 4.7 to 6.5 hours a day with the average going up every year. The CDC found that 25.3% of all American adults are physically inactive.Screen time is a term for the amount of time a person spends looking at a screen such as a television, computer monitor, or mobile device. Excessive screen time is linked to negative health consequences.

ChatGPT

  1. sedentary

    Sedentary refers to a lifestyle or type of behavior characterized by prolonged periods of physical inactivity or minimal physical activity. It typically involves activities where one sits down or remains stationary for most of the day, such as desk jobs or activities involving sitting in front of a screen. It can also refer to an organism that does not migrate or move frequently.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sedentaryadjective

    accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man

  2. Sedentaryadjective

    characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life

  3. Sedentaryadjective

    inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil

  4. Sedentaryadjective

    caused by long sitting

  5. Sedentaryadjective

    remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans

  6. Etymology: [L. sedentarius, fr. sedere to sit: cf. F. sedentaire. See Sedent.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sedentary

    sed′en-tā-ri, adj. sitting much: passed chiefly in sitting: requiring much sitting: inactive: (zool.) not migratory: not errant: lying in wait, as a spider: not free-swimming: motionless, as a protozoan.—adj. Sē′dent, at rest.—adv. Sed′entarily.—n. Sed′entariness. [L. sedentariussedēre, to sit.]

Entomology

  1. Sedentary

    not active: settled or remaining in one place.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sedentary in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sedentary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sedentary in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Buford:

    If you can spend less of your time being sedentary and just incorporate more activity – even light activity - in your day that can translate to benefits.

  2. Samantha Heller:

    Unfortunately, although coffee contains compounds that have antioxidant effects and anti-inflammatory properties, drinking a few cups of coffee a day can not undo the systematic damage that is the result of being overweight or obese, sedentary, excessive alcohol consumption or drastically mitigate an unhealthy diet.

  3. Yeonju Kim:

    The types of relationship between sedentary time and cardiovascular disease (CVD) events will provide different kind of recommendations for the restriction of sedentary time to prevent CVD events in the future.

  4. Patrick Hitchins:

    For employees to perform at their best they need to be fit, yet workplaces have become anti-fit and increasingly sedentary.

  5. Vonda Wright:

    While high-intensity exercise has been found to reap great training advantages, we do not recommend that Masters athletes or Masters-age people go from sedentary activity to intense activity immediately, we recommend Masters athletes progress toward high-intensity activity using speed-play techniques such as the running fartlek – mixing sprints or faster runs into long-distance runs.

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