sedentariness


sed·en·tar·y

S0211400 (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; not migratory: sedentary caribou herds.4. Attached or rooted; sessile: sedentary marine organisms.
[French sédentaire, from Old French, from Latin sedentārius, from sedēns, sedent-, present participle of sedēre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]
sed′en·tar′i·ly (-târ′ə-lē) adv.sed′en·tar′i·ness n.
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