sedentary

[US]/ˈsedntri/
[UK]/ˈsednteri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. characterized by or requiring a sitting posture; not inclined to move or exercise.

Phrases & Collocations

sedentary lifestyle

sedentary behavior

sedentary habits

Example Sentences

lead a sedentary life

broods of sedentary clergymen.

Bookkeeping is a sedentary occupation.

Pigeons are sedentary birds.

Sedentary habits often interfere with health.

People in sedentary jobs need to take exercise.

Objective: Sedentary lifestyle and western diet promote subacute-chronic inflammation, obesity and subsequently dysglycemia.

Pasture area in China is under rapid change.Traditional nomadic pastoralism has been replaced by sedentary herding and subdivision of grassland;

Am I to take the easy trail of contem-plation and sedentary existence, so common to the elves of Toril?

According to material composition, landslides in this area can be divided into two categories: rockslide and sedentary-slope wash landslide.

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