overbusy
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overbusy
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From Middle English overbisi, equivalent to over- + busy.
adjective more overbusy · most overbusy
- Excessively busy; officious.
verb overbusies · overbusying · overbusied
- 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.
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