sedentary

(sĕd'n-tĕr'ē)
adj.

1. Characterized by or requiring much sitting: a sedentary job.
2. Accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise.
3. Remaining or living in one area, as certain birds; not migratory.
4. Attached to a surface and not moving freely, as a barnacle.

[French sédentaire, from Old French, from Latin sedentārius, from sedēns, sedent-, present participle of sedēre, to sit.]

sedentarily sed'en·tar'i·ly (-târ'ə-lē) adv.
sedentariness sed'en·tar'i·ness n.

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adj

Definition: motionless, lazy
Antonyms: activated, active, energetic, mobile, moving

Fixed, not moving, as in sedentary agriculture where the farmer and the fields are permanently settled. Compare with shifting cultivation.

Applied to a person who is relatively inactive and has a lifestyle characterized by a lot of sitting.

IN BRIEF: Inactive, sitting.

A sedentary life misses the point that our bodies need to move.

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Of inactive habits; pertaining to a fat, castrated or confined animal.

For a list of words related to sedentary, see:

• Environment, Ecology, and Animal Behavior - sedentary: (adj) not migratory; living in one place
• Inert, Lazy, Tired, or Insensate

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - stillesiddende, inaktiv, fastboende

Nederlands (Dutch)
zittend, sedentair, honkvast

Français (French)
adj. - sédentaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - sitzend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - καθιστικός, (ζωολ.) επιδημητικός

Italiano (Italian)
sedentario

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sedentário

Русский (Russian)
малоподвижный, сидячий, оседлый, образованный на месте

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sedentario

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stillasittande, orörlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
久坐的, 土生的, 坐惯的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 久坐的, 土生的, 坐慣的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 앉은 자세의, 정주성의, 착생의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 座っている, 定住の
n. - すわりがちの人, 坐業者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مقيم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮(עבודה וכו') הכרוכה בישיבה רבה ובתנועה מעטה, מרבה בישיבה, לא נודד, של ישיבה, במיושב, קבוע במקומו (בוטניקה וזואולוגיה)‬

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