adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Whose work confines him or her to a desk. not-comparable

   "The deskbound police officer had no opportunity to deal with street crime."

Adjective

1. 1
   restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

desk bounddesk-bound

Example

More examples

"The deskbound police officer had no opportunity to deal with street crime."

Etymology

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

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