office-bound

Translations

office-boundadjective
Compound, non-gradable adjective; used both attributively and predicatively.
de bureauQui travaille principalement dans un bureau et non sur le terrain.
After years of fieldwork, she became office-bound and missed being outdoors.
Après des années de travail sur le terrain, elle est devenue de bureau et regrettait de ne plus être dehors.
Additional translations
cloîtré au bureauSe dit d’une personne contrainte de rester au bureau ; registre plus expressif.

Definitions

office-boundadjective
Tied to an office or required to work mainly in an office rather than elsewhere.
After years of fieldwork, she became office-bound and missed being outdoors.