sedentary
IPA: sˈɛdʌntɛri
noun
- a sedentary person
adjective
- Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
- (anthropology, of a human population) Living in a fixed geographical location; the opposite of nomadic.
- (medicine, of a job, lifestyle, etc.) Not moving much; sitting around.
- (obsolete) inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil
- (obsolete) Caused by long sitting.
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Examples of "sedentary" in Sentences
- The family is overwhelmingly sedentary.
- Some of its groups had become sedentary.
- It is stated the subjects were sedentary.
- The species is believed to be fairly sedentary.
- A sedentary lifestyle increases the risk of obesity.
- The effects of this sedentary lifestyle crept up on me.
- The species is sedentary and fragile with a flexible body.
- Sedentary tribes lost their autonomy and connection with the land.
- The Changing Resources of Sedentary Communities in Air, Southern Sahara.
- The NWFP is demographically divided between sedentary and tribal people.
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