Crossword-Solution: SEDENTARY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sedentary | a. | Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man. |
| Sedentary | a. | Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life. |
| Sedentary | a. | Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil. |
| Sedentary | a. | Caused by long sitting. |
| Sedentary | a. | Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans. |
We have 22 clues for the answer “SEDENTARY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Tending to stay at same place for much of the time | 1 answer |
| Like many unfit folks' lifestyles | 1 answer |
| Like an inactive lifestyle | 1 answer |
| Descriptive of a desk job. | 1 answer |
| Non-migratory. | 1 answer |
| Sitting down | 1 answer |
| sessile | 2 answers |
| Like couch potatoes | 3 answers |
| Like a Couch potato | 6 answers |
| Not active | 10 answers |
| Sitting | 23 answers |
| paralysed | 36 answers |
| immobilised | 37 answers |
| unintellectual | 42 answers |
| nerveless | 43 answers |
| incognisant | 45 answers |
| Brainless | 46 answers |
| Asleep | 53 answers |
| unknowing | 61 answers |
| Impervious | 64 answers |
| Settled | 80 answers |
| Inactive | 80 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with SEDENTARY (5)
Surprisingly for a sedentary profession, more hackers run to skinny than fat; both extremes are more common than elsewhere.
Actually, some Africans had already adopted a sedentary community life before the arrival of farming.
Here our young Englishmen enjoyed, as they supposed, a glimpse of American society, which was distributed over the measureless expanse in a variety of sedentary attitudes, and appeared to consist largely of pretty young girls, dressed as if for a fete champetre, swaying to and fro in rocking chairs, fanning themselves with large straw fans, and enjoying an enviable exemption from social cares.
The lame tailor was a clever man, and a keen observer: he had seen many different people owing to his profession, and was fond of reflection, condemned as he was to a sedentary life.
Requiring or implying action or exertion; - opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
Quotes with SEDENTARY (3)
The Cosmos extends, for all practical purposes, forever. After a brief sedentary hiatus, we are resuming our ancient nomadic way of life. Our remote descendants, safely arrayed on many worlds throughout the Solar System and beyond, will be unified by their common heritage, by their regard for their home planet, and by the knowledge that, whatever other life may be, the only humans in all the Universe come from Earth. They will gaze up and strain to find the blue dot in their …
A learned man is a sedentary, concentrated solitary enthusiast, who searches through books to discover some particular grain of truth upon which he has set his heart. If the passion for reading conquers him, his gains dwindle and vanish between his fingers. A reader, on the other hand, must check the desire for learning at the outset; if knowledge sticks to him well and good, but to go in pursuit of it, to read on a system, to become a specialist or an authority, is very apt …
I sleuth, you know. For a hobby. Harmless outlet for natural inquisitiveness, don't you see, which might otherwise strike inward and produce introspection an' suicide. Very natural, healthy pursuit -- not too strenuous, not too sedentary; trains and invigorates the mind.
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Appears in: NYT, Universal.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1953–2020).