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sedentary Definition


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sedentary
adj
    1. Said of work: involving much sitting.
    2. Said of a person: spending much time sitting; taking little exercise.
    3. Said of an animal: inactive; lethargic.
    4a. zool.
      Said of a bird: not migratory;
    4b. zool.
      Said eg of a mollusc: attached to a substratum; not mobile.
Etymology: 16c: from Latin sedentarius, from sedere to sit.



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