sedentary
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sedentary
- /ˈsɛd.ən.tɛɹ.i/ US
- /ˈsɛd.ən.tə.ɹi/ UK
- /ˈsɛd.ən.tɹi/ UK
Where it comes from
From Middle French sédentaire, from Latin sedentārius (“sitting”), from sedeō (“to sit, to be seated”).
adjective more sedentary · most sedentary
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Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
The oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.
Similar: immobile
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Of a human population, living in a fixed geographical location.
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Similar: settled, non-migratory · Opposite: nomadic
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Of a job, lifestyle, etc., not moving much; sitting around; inactive.
[…]the Egyptians; whose Sages were not sedentary, scholastic Sophists, like the Grecian[…]
Similar: chairborne, sitsome
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Inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil.
Such restless revolution day by day
Repeated, while the sedentary earth
That better might with far less compass move[…]
Similar: abeyant
- Caused by long sitting. till length of years And sedentary numbness craze my limbs To a contemptible old age obscure.
Similar: motionless, torpid, cessant, dormant · Opposite: migratory, antonym(s) of
noun sedentaries
- A sedentary person. Endosomatic electrodermal activity (skin potential level and skin potential response) as an indirect indicator of sympathetic nervous system activity was measured in 35 sedentary male students and 22 trained athletes of two groups during resting and after an acute exercise. The aim of this study was
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: inactive, inactivity, untrained, static, discrete, settled, settlement, resident, incumbent, deskbound, motionless, stationary, sitting, seated, still, immobile
adjective
Similar: motionless, torpid, cessant, dormant · Opposite: migratory, antonym(s) of
Translations
Every language
adj not moving, not migratory
| Español | sedentario |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정착성 jeongchakseong |
| 中文 | 定居的 dìngjū de |
| Português | sedentário |
| Français | sédentaire |
| Deutsch | ortsgebunden, sesshaft |
| Italiano | sedentario |
| Română | sedentar |
| Русский | осе́длый osédlyj |
| العربية | حَضَرِيّ ḥaḍariyy |
adj not moving much; sitting around
| Español | sedentario |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 앉은뱅이 anjeunbaeng'i, 앉은 anjeun |
| Português | sedentário |
| Français | sédentaire |
| Deutsch | sitzend |
| Ελληνικά | καθιστικός kathistikós |
| Română | sedentar |
| Русский | сидя́чий sidjáčij, малоподви́жный malopodvížnyj |
Talk about this word "sedentary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sedentary. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sedentary. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sedentary "sedentary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sedentary.Cite this
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title = {sedentary},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
