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underbusy

underbusy adjective: insufficiently busy; not having enough to do.

Adjective

underbusy (comparative more underbusy, superlative most underbusy)

  1. Insufficiently busy; not having enough to do.
    • A Stomper is one who became overberried and underbusy through no toil of his or her own.1947, Collier's - Volume 119, page 40
    • A crowd of underbusy men waited among the shacks near Hickok's.1979, Jake Logan, Dead Man's Hand, →ISBN, page 185

Forms of underbusy

comparativemore underbusy
superlativemost underbusy

Origin of underbusy

From under- + busy.

Questions about underbusy

What does underbusy mean?
Underbusy means insufficiently busy; not having enough to do.
What part of speech is underbusy?
Underbusy is an adjective.

Words near underbusy in the dictionary

  1. underbushed
  2. underbushes
  3. underbushing
  4. underbust
  5. underbusts
  6. underbusy
  7. underbutler
  8. underbutlers
  9. underbutt
  10. underbutts
  11. underbuy

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