"oversitting" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: over- + sitting Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|sitting}} over- + sitting Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} oversitting (uncountable)
  1. Excessive sitting; too much time spent in a seated position. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-oversitting-en-noun-hIFhRKLo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

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          "ref": "1955, Lenard Kaufman, An Apple a Day, page 52",
          "text": "[…] the indigents whose universal complaint seemed to be boils resulting from malnutrition and oversitting.",
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          "ref": "1964, Frank Smith, Brothers' keepers, page 112",
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