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How to pronounce “sedentary”
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Pronunciation guide for sedentary
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of sedentary with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Brain Rules
presence or absence of a sedentary
- Definition summary
- Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce sedentary
Brain Rules

presence or absence of a sedentary
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “sedentary”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
- (anthropology, of a human population) Living in a fixed geographical location; the opposite of nomadic.
- (medicine, of a job, lifestyle, etc.) Not moving much; sitting around.
- (obsolete) inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil
- (obsolete) Caused by long sitting.
- [Noun]
- a sedentary person
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