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sedentary

How many syllables in sedentary?

  4 syllables

Divide sedentary into syllables:   sed-en-tar-y
How to pronounce sedentary:   sed-n-ter-ee
How to say sedentary:

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Synonyms for sedentary


2 syllables
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3 syllables
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