sedentary
adjectiveBand 8formal
UKˈsedntri
USˈsɛdənˌtɛri
Involving little physical activity; spending much time sitting down.
A sedentary lifestyle increases the risk of heart disease.
Office work is often highly sedentary.
Remember it
'Sed-' relates to 'sit' (as in 'sediment' that settles), a sedentary person sits a lot.
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Similar and opposite
- Similar
- inactivedesk-bound
- Opposite
- activephysically active
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