deskbound

deskbound
/desk"bownd'/, adj.
1. doing sedentary work; working exclusively at a desk.
2. unfamiliar with actualities or practical matters outside one's own job: deskbound executives who can't grasp production problems.
3. noncombatant: deskbound generals.
[1940-45; DESK + -BOUND1]

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