sedentary
adjective
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Sedentary comes from Latin sedēre, meaning "to sit." Other descendants of sedēre include dissident, insidious, preside, reside, and subsidy. Sedēre is also the base of the rare sedens, a noun meaning "a person who remains a resident of the place or region of his or her birth."
Examples of sedentary in a Sentence
Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 21 May 2024
Unfortunately, the vast majority of Americans are sedentary and miss out on this benefit.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 16 May 2024
Your chances also rise by engaging in unhealthy lifestyle habits like smoking, drinking alcohol, and sedentary behavior.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 14 May 2024
As hunter-gatherers moved to more sedentary agricultural ways of life, salt came into demand.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 7 May 2024
With health care costs rising and cultural influences promoting sedentary lifestyles, the imperative to act has never been more urgent.
—Liz Clark, Fortune, 7 May 2024
Sometimes occasional bouts come down to not eating enough fiber, not drinking enough water, or being sedentary.
—Marygrace Taylor, SELF, 2 May 2024
Those risk factors include high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, being 60 or older, having a family history of heart disease, being sedentary, or carrying extra weight.
—Sarah Klein, TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
More research is needed—some of which is already underway—on whether simply being less sedentary improves sleep, as well as whether shorter or less frequent workouts can still have a positive effect.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Sedentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sedentary. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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