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sedentary

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Involving much sitting and little physical movement.

Cataloging the photographs was a sedentary task.

Dictionary practice example.

The sedentary transcription task kept two other relatives seated at a table for most of the afternoon, although they worked attentively through many pages.

From An Afternoon of Shared Work.

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