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unbusy

unbusy adjective: not busy.

Adjective

unbusy (comparative more unbusy or unbusier, superlative most unbusy or unbusiest)

  1. Not busy.
    • In these unbusy times, busywork’s bad reputation may be due for revision.2009 January 25, Jan Hoffman, “Working Hard to Look Busy”, in New York Times

Verb

unbusy (third-person singular simple present unbusies, present participle unbusying, simple past and past participle unbusied)

  1. (transitive) To make or render unbusy

Synonyms of unbusy

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Forms of unbusy

Adjective
comparativemore unbusy
comparativeunbusier
superlativemost unbusy
superlativeunbusiest
Verb
third-person singular presentunbusies
present participleunbusying
past participleunbusied
pastunbusied

Origin of unbusy

From Middle English unbysy, unbesy, equivalent to un- + busy.

Words formed from unbusy

Questions about unbusy

What does unbusy mean?
Unbusy means not busy.
What part of speech is unbusy?
Unbusy can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near unbusy in the dictionary

  1. unbusks
  2. unbussed
  3. unbusted
  4. unbustling
  5. unbusty
  6. unbusy
  7. unbusying
  8. unbusyness
  9. unbutch
  10. unbutchered
  11. unbutcherlike

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