sedentary[adjective]Synonyms: inactive, desk, desk-bound, seated, sitting
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
sed‧en‧ta‧ry /ˈsed
ənt
əri $ -teri/
adjective[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;
Origin: sédentaire, from Latin sedentarius, from sedere 'to sit']
1. formal spending a lot of time sitting down, and not moving or exercising very much
sedentary life/job/lifestyle etc
health problems caused by our sedentary lifestyles2. technical a sedentary group of people tend always to live in the same place:
a sedentary people living north of the Danube [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲