as in lazy
not doing or involving a lot of physical activity
They led a sedentary life after retirement, spending their days in front of the television.
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Recent Examples of sedentary
This Tristan will be comparatively sedentary.
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
They can be fixed or non-modifiable, like a family history or advancing age, or modifiable, like a sedentary lifestyle or excessive alcohol or salt consumption.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2025
Their study, which appears in the Journal of Applied Physiology, had sedentary volunteers complete eight weeks of either running, cycling, or no exercise.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Dec. 2025
Walking upstairs at the theater and taking the subway also kept her from becoming too sedentary.
—Leigh Scheps, Parents, 13 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sedentary
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Saturday morning appeared more like a lazy weekday morning at SMF — plenty of curbside pickup spaces and ticketing agents offering extra attention — than the frontline of a nationwide transportation crunch.—
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It’s made with a soft, cozy knit, but the sleek silhouette keeps it from veering into lazy-day territory.—
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As the mercury plummets and back-to-work blues set in for much of humankind in the UK, many other creatures are cosily spending winter in a blissfully dormant state of hibernation.—
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Cornerbacks Kristian Fulton and Nohl Williams were among the Chiefs’ best players for a second consecutive week as both helped shut down a dormant Raiders pass game.—
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Signs to treat fevers include being unusually sleepy, cranky and refusing food and drinks.—
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Trancoso, Bahia The opening of Uxua Casa Hotel & Spa in 2009 transformed the sleepy fishing village of Trancoso into a boho-chic hot spot.—
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At the end of Monday's live Atlas demonstration, the humanoid prototype swung its arms in a theatrical gesture to introduce a static model of the new product version of Atlas, which looked slightly different and was blue in color.—
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Siemens said Digital Twin Composer represents a shift from static models to living systems that evolve alongside real-world operations, enabling industrial AI to move from concept to execution at scale.—
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Contributor Yelena Moroz Alpert finds Brooklinen’s prints a good midway point between something too chintzy or something too dull, and thinks highly of the material as well.—
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The fiber’s irregular length distribution—with 50 percent at 28 millimeters and 50 percent in the 10 to 20 millimeter range—delivers a textured, semi-dull and opaque aesthetic that achieves a genuine, vintage washdown performance.—
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This is a condition where, due to stress or hormonal changes, the body puts the hair follicles into a resting phase.—
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Taking minoxidil orally can support the hair follicle cycle and trigger anagen (the resting phase) prematurely.—
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The lawsuit also claims Cortez’s truck was immobile due to the crash and could not have accelerated toward the officers.—
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Lack of sidewalk leaves some residents immobile Susan Mulheren is a big clothes, shoes and jewelry person.—
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In contrast, the north-pole was thought to be geologically inactive.—
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The rest, four of which are now inactive, were in Texas, North Carolina, Missouri, Georgia, Michigan and Indiana.—
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“Sedentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sedentary. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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