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sedentary

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Adjective

  1. Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
  2. Living in a fixed geographical location; the opposite of nomadic.
  3. Not moving much; sitting around.
  4. inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil
  5. Caused by long sitting.

Noun

  1. a sedentary person

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