oversitting

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noun

Excessive sitting; too much time spent in a seated position.

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Meanings

nounoversitting (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExcessive sitting; too much time spent in a seated position.

    […] the indigents whose universal complaint seemed to be boils resulting from malnutrition and oversitting.

    1955, Lenard Kaufman, An Apple a Day, page 52
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    Your legs will be long and strong and brown, without the horrible adult deformity of strangled toes or fat-rolled thighs. Your buttocks will be flat and taut, living with muscle and blood, not misshapen by poor eating and oversitting.

    1964, Frank Smith, Brothers' keepers, page 112

Origin

From over- + sitting.

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APA

oversitting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversitting

MLA

“oversitting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversitting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversitting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversitting.

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