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overbusy

overbusy adjective: excessively busy; officious.

Adjective

overbusy (comparative more overbusy, superlative most overbusy)

  1. Excessively busy; officious.

Verb

overbusy (third-person singular simple present overbusies, present participle overbusying, simple past and past participle overbusied)

  1. (transitive) To busy or involve (oneself) too thoroughly in something.
    • Returning to England, he was there imprisoned, some say for overbusying himself in matters of foreign trade.1964, Ethel Stephens Arnett, From England to North Carolina: Two Special Gifts, page 59

Forms of overbusy

Adjective
comparativemore overbusy
superlativemost overbusy
Verb
third-person singular presentoverbusies
present participleoverbusying
past participleoverbusied
pastoverbusied

Origin of overbusy

From Middle English overbisi, equivalent to over- + busy.

Words formed from overbusy

Questions about overbusy

What does overbusy mean?
Overbusy means excessively busy; officious.
What part of speech is overbusy?
Overbusy can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near overbusy in the dictionary

  1. overburthens
  2. overbusied
  3. overbusies
  4. overbusily
  5. overbust
  6. overbusy
  7. overbusying
  8. overbutter
  9. overbuttered
  10. overbuttering
  11. overbutters

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