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
Reducing daily sedentary time by about 30 minutes was linked to fewer deaths in the population.
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William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Cardiac risk factors include diabetes, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, family history of heart disease, and tobacco use, as well as a sedentary lifestyle, Kramer told CBS News.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Additionally, individuals who smoke, are obese, or lead a sedentary lifestyle should take extra care.
—Manahil Ahmad, The Providence Journal, 25 Jan. 2026
Additionally, individuals who smoke, are obese or lead a sedentary lifestyle should take extra care.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Jan. 2026
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William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Cardiac risk factors include diabetes, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, family history of heart disease, and tobacco use, as well as a sedentary lifestyle, Kramer told CBS News.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Additionally, individuals who smoke, are obese, or lead a sedentary lifestyle should take extra care.
—Manahil Ahmad, The Providence Journal, 25 Jan. 2026
Additionally, individuals who smoke, are obese or lead a sedentary lifestyle should take extra care.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sedentary
Adjective
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Their latest establishment is our top off-mountain pick for daily brunch (a great start to any lazy ski day) and Thursday-to-Saturday evening fare.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
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Specialty shops, coffee shops, boutiques and restaurants could share 200 acres of trails, pocket parks, wooded landscapes and a lazy creek with a combination of residential options.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But from November to April, most of those bugs are dormant.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
23 Feb. 2026
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Pruning these old shoots during the dormant season would remove the flower buds, leaving us with flowerless plants for the year.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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One of those efforts, the super PAC Leading the Future, has already raised $125 million from sources including the backers of Palantir and OpenAI for the midterms — huge sums of money for races that were once often sleepy.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Sweden has been sleepy and out to lunch.—
Chris Pronger,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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It’s designed to show your cortisol pattern over time, not just one static snapshot.—
Rita Templeton,
Flow Space,
18 Feb. 2026
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In a year culturally associated with agency and momentum, such symbolic gestures felt static.—
Yiling Pan,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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So is, arguably in softer garb, the trend of trigger warnings, which—mirroring the grim cancer label on a pack of cigarettes—dull the impact of a product or dissuade users entirely by advising them that its consumption may be hazardous to their health.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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These may just be the ordinary, dull rhythms of a relatively stable relationship, and yet these actors make the mundane so much more.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Essence,
Essence,
19 Dec. 2025
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Taking minoxidil orally can support the hair follicle cycle and trigger anagen (the resting phase) prematurely.—
Jessie Quinn,
Flow Space,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Medical officers skied down the frozen halfpipe to tend to the slender, immobile frame on the snow.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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This teal hip fracture bedpan has an easy-grip handle on both the front and sides for more comfortable use for fracture and immobile patients.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Despite being inactive for 15 games, Jakucionis still has led the Heat in assists five times and has produced a pair of 20-point outings.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
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Asking the government to show how many registrants are active versus inactive, how eligibility is verified, how list maintenance is conducted, how records are removed and how deaths and moves are processed is basic accountability, not an attack on voting.—
Reardon Sullivan,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Sedentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sedentary. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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