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deskbound

deskbound adjective: whose work confines him or her to a desk.

Adjective

deskbound (not comparable)

  1. Whose work confines him or her to a desk.
    • The deskbound police officer had no opportunity to deal with street crime.

Origin of deskbound

From desk + bound, from the past participle of bind.

Questions about deskbound

What does deskbound mean?
Deskbound means whose work confines him or her to a desk.
What part of speech is deskbound?
Deskbound is an adjective.

Words near deskbound in the dictionary

  1. deskbands
  2. deskbar
  3. deskbars
  4. deskbook
  5. deskbooks
  6. deskbound
  7. desked
  8. deskercise
  9. deskercises
  10. deskew
  11. deskewed

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