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deskbound

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desk⋅bound

[desk-bound]
–adjective
1. doing sedentary work; working exclusively at a desk.
2. unfamiliar with actualities or practical matters outside one's own job: deskbound executives who can't grasp production problems.
3. noncombatant: deskbound generals.

Origin:
1940–45; desk + -bound 1
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