1 (of work, activities, etc.) in which you spend a lot of time sitting down:
a sedentary job / occupation * a sedentary lifestyle
2 (of people) spending a lot of time sitting down and not moving:
He became increasingly sedentary in later life.
3 (technical) (of people or animals) that stay and live in the same place or area:
Rhinos are largely sedentary animals. * a sedentary population
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is sedentary a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, sedentary is tagged as adjective.
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