sedentary
/SED-un-tair-ee/adjectiveinvolving much sitting and little exercise; settled in one place
“A sedentary job undid his marathon training in a year.”
- Synonyms
- inactive, desk-bound, settled
- Antonyms
- active, nomadic
- Root
- sed- (sit)
- Memory hook
- sed (sit): a sitting life.
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