sedentary
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nˌtɛr adjective
1.
characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
2.
accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.
3.
Chiefly Zoology.
a.
abiding in one place; not migratory.
b.
pertaining to animals that move about little or are permanently attached to something, as a barnacle.
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World English Dictionary
sedentary (ˈsɛdəntərɪ, -trɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | characterized by or requiring a sitting position: sedentary work |
| 2. | tending to sit about without taking much exercise |
| 3. | (of animals) moving about very little, usually because of attachment to a rock or other surface |
| 4. | (of animals) not migratory |
| [C16: from Latin sedentārius, from sedēre to sit] | |
| 'sedentarily | |
| —adv | |
| 'sedentariness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
sedentary
1598, "remaining in one place," from M.Fr. sedentaire, from L. sedentarius "sitting, remaining in one place," from sedentem (nom. sedens), prp. of sedere "to sit," from PIE base *sed- "to sit" (cf. Skt. a-sadat "sat down," sidati "sits;" O.Pers. hadis "abode;" Gk. ezesthai "to sit," hedra "seat, chair,
face of a geometric solid;" O.Ir. suide "seat, sitting;" Welsh sedd "seat," eistedd "sitting;" O.C.S. sezda, sedeti "to sit;" Lith. sedmi "to sit;" Rus. sad "garden," Lith. soditi "to plant;" Goth. sitan, O.E. sittan "to sit;" see sit). Of persons, meaning "not in the habit of exercise" is recorded from 1662.
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Example sentences
Due to the obesity epidemic, sedentary lifestyles high fat diets.
We haven't gotten noticeably more sedentary in the past decade or so, but the weights keep shooting up.
The sloth is the world's slowest mammal, so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat.
Our map of the past is strongly skewed toward civilized sedentary groups, where lack of mobility was the norm.
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