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
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form and is often associated with excess weight, age (typically over 35), a family history of the disease, or a sedentary lifestyle.
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Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Other risk factors include a family history of blood clots, a sedentary lifestyle, obesity, pregnancy, and recent surgery.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Heck, plenty of sedentary guys have ignored heart attack warning signs.
—Dennis Lewon, Outside Online, 2 Feb. 2025
Your heart, lungs, muscles, and even your brain will be better for taking even small steps to go from sedentary to active.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 29 Jan. 2025
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Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Other risk factors include a family history of blood clots, a sedentary lifestyle, obesity, pregnancy, and recent surgery.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Heck, plenty of sedentary guys have ignored heart attack warning signs.
—Dennis Lewon, Outside Online, 2 Feb. 2025
Your heart, lungs, muscles, and even your brain will be better for taking even small steps to go from sedentary to active.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sedentary
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The natural hot springs and spa are favorites among the more mature crowd, and the indoor pool, two-acre water park (complete with waterslide and a lazy river), and lawn games appeal to younger generations.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2025
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And, being just 20 minutes from Athens’ city center, the hotel is perfectly positioned for both lazy beach days and quick jaunts to the Acropolis.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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Instead of coddling grass with irrigation and fertilizer to prevent it from going dormant, embrace this natural response.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Apr. 2025
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This allows the rooted cutting a full growing season to develop before becoming dormant in the winter.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2025
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Turning off bright bedroom-ceiling lights and flicking on table or floor lamps can help your brain ease into sleepy mode each evening.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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Submissions already include some stunning wildlife photography, including a sleepy lion cub on a dirt road, a mountain goat standing in a field of wildflowers, and a rhinoceros strolling in India.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
10 Apr. 2025
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The interest in tactical is a subset of the larger ETF market move into active strategies as opposed to static index ETFs.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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Over the course of the novel the correspondents remain largely frozen in static attitudes, emotionally unmoved by the events they’re caught up in.—
Chelsea Leu,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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For the rest of us, a real musical comedy is a cause for celebration; most are either too tuneless to be musicals or too dull to be comedies.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The additional compounds in matcha dull this effect.—
Helen Carefoot,
Verywell Health,
11 Apr. 2025
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Telogen Stage The telogen stage of the hair cycle is a resting phase, during which the hair doesn't grow, and the follicle is dormant.1 About 10% to 15% of the hairs on your body are in this resting phase at any one time, which typically lasts for a few months.—
Nancy LeBrun,
Verywell Health,
13 Jan. 2025
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Green Bay could finish as high as sixth in the NFC if the resting Rams lose to the 49ers, potentially setting up a first-round matchup against the division-rival Lions.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2024
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Sometimes they are also used off-label, for treatment-resistant depression, or catatonia, a syndrome that can cause a patient to move in unusual ways, become immobile or stop talking.—
Christina Caron,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Photos from the scene showed snow pounding down as cars sat immobile in the center of the highway.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2025
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But he’s been inactive for much of the last three years.—
Josh Katzowitz,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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While the Kenya Moore Hair Spa website is inactive, as of writing, bookings can still be done on Style Seat, a beauty services website, for multiple services, including silk presses, trims, blow outs, protein treatments, sew ins, quick weaves, take downs, scalp analyses, and wig installations.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Sedentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sedentary. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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