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underbusy

adj

Etymology

From under- + busy.

  1. inherited from *bisīg✻ — “diligent; zealous; busy”
  2. inherited from bisiġ — “busy, occupied, diligent”
  3. inherited from bisy
  4. prefixed as underbusy — “under + busy”

Definitions

  1. Insufficiently busy

    Insufficiently busy; not having enough to do.

    • A Stomper is one who became overberried and underbusy through no toil of his or her own.
    • A crowd of underbusy men waited among the shacks near Hickok's.
    • A probable oversupply of dentists— when many, many practitioners are underbusy!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA