- 1(of work, activities, etc.) in which you spend a lot of time sitting down a sedentary job/occupation/lifestyle
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- 2(of people) spending a lot of time sitting down and not moving He became increasingly sedentary in later life.
- 3(technology) (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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