sedentary

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Qui implique de rester longtemps assis et de faire très peu d’activité physique.

En anglais simple : Involving a lot of sitting and very little physical activity.

• I have a sedentary job.
• Regular walks can help people with sedentary lifestyles.
• Has office work made you more sedentary?

Synonymes : inactive

Contraires : active

Expressions courantes : sedentary lifestyle, sedentary job, sedentary habits

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Qui bouge très peu ou reste dans un même espace limité.

En anglais simple : Moving very little or staying in the same small area.

• These animals are mostly sedentary.
• Sedentary species often attach themselves to rocks.
• The study compared moving animals with sedentary organisms.

Synonymes : stationary, immobile

Contraires : mobile

Expressions courantes : sedentary animals, sedentary species, sedentary organisms

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Qui vit au même endroit plutôt que de changer régulièrement de lieu.

En anglais simple : Living in one place instead of regularly moving to new places.

• The community became sedentary.
• Sedentary populations built permanent villages.
• Farming helped these people adopt a sedentary way of life.

Synonymes : settled

Contraires : nomadic

Expressions courantes : sedentary population, sedentary communities, sedentary society