sedentary life

Inactive daily routine

A sedentary life is one characterized by prolonged sitting or physical inactivity.

The phrase typically describes a lifestyle with little exercise or movement—office work, hours of television, minimal walking.

Health discussions often warn against sedentary life as a risk factor for obesity, heart disease, and other conditions: His sedentary life caught up with him after fifty.

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desk job · slouching · lazy · stationary · idle · immobile · screen · screen time · television · recliner · stagnant · office · chair · remote work · sluggish · passive · dormant · lounging

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Opposites
physical activity level

sedentary lifeactive lifestyle

Habit of regular exercise

mobility and settlement patterns

sedentary lifenomadic life

Lifestyle of constant relocation

nomadic lifestyle · nomadism · vagabond life · seafaring life

engagement with the physical world

sedentary lifeoutdoor life

Time spent in nature

wilderness living · frontier life · off-grid living

Family

sedentary, life, lively, alive, sediment, sedimentary, session, seated, seating

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G