Definitions
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- noun The quality of being
busy without achieving much.
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Examples
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This distressing character of “busy-ness” in the Old English sense has never been fully exorcised from the word business.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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This distressing character of “busy-ness” in the Old English sense has never been fully exorcised from the word business.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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One thing that busy-ness will teach you, is that no matter what others do to take up your time or discourage you, you have lovely endeavors that will always absorb you.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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Often, it is life traumas that take us by surprise and make us realize how much real connection is lost in the busy-ness of our days.
Wendy Strgar: True Presence Wendy Strgar 2011
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When resourcefulness and busy-ness is taught early in life, people tend to be happier and more content in life.
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When resourcefulness and busy-ness is taught early in life, people tend to be happier and more content in life.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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Often, it is life traumas that take us by surprise and make us realize how much real connection is lost in the busy-ness of our days.
Wendy Strgar: True Presence Wendy Strgar 2011
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A complex life with complicated activities, relationships and commitments implies a reflexive busy-ness that supplants true thinking and feeling with knee-jerk reactions.
Arthur Rosenfeld: The Simple Life Arthur Rosenfeld 2012
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Conversely, the word business comes to us from the Middle Ages, where it was simply busy-ness, meaning engaged in occupation, bustling, full of activity.
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A complex life with complicated activities, relationships and commitments implies a reflexive busy-ness that supplants true thinking and feeling with knee-jerk reactions.
Arthur Rosenfeld: The Simple Life Arthur Rosenfeld 2012
seanahan commented on the word busy-ness
A webpage that is very busy. Unfortunately, business is already taken.
September 9, 2009