Meanings
adjectivedeskbound (not comparable)
- not comparableWhose work confines him or her to a desk.
The deskbound police officer had no opportunity to deal with street crime.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverestricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity
Similar
desk-boundinactive
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From desk + bound, from the past participle of bind.
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APA
deskbound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deskbound
MLA
“deskbound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deskbound. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deskbound,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deskbound.
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