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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sed•en•tar•y /ˈsɛdənˌtɛri/USA pronunciation adj. - showing or requiring a sitting posture:a sedentary occupation.
- having or showing inactivity and lack of exercise:led a sedentary life.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sed•en•tar•y (sed′n ter′ē),USA pronunciation adj. - characterized by or requiring a sitting posture:a sedentary occupation.
- accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.
- Zoology[Chiefly Zool.]
- abiding in one place; not migratory.
- pertaining to animals that move about little or are permanently attached to something, as a barnacle.
- Latin sedentārius sitting, equivalent. to sedent- (stem of sedēns, present participle of sedēre to sit1; see -ent) + -ārius -ary
- 1590–1600
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sedentary /ˈsɛdəntərɪ -trɪ/ adj - characterized by or requiring a sitting position: sedentary work
- tending to sit about without taking much exercise
- (of animals) moving about very little, usually because of attachment to a rock or other surface
- (of animals) not migratory
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin sedentārius, from sedēre to sitˈsedentarily adv ˈsedentariness n |