Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Too busy; also, obtrusively officious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Too busy; officious.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective too busy
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Examples
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Although sound may induce reverie, it nonetheless brings individuals together, apart from an over-busy world.
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Although sound may induce reverie, it nonetheless brings individuals together, apart from an over-busy world.
Article Abstracts 2008
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I am all right, more or less; I've just been over-busy and under-efficient this week.
Slow-Moving Week Susan Palwick 2009
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But, contrarians study these kids w/sophisticated research designs and find no harm attributable to being over-busy.
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Raised as we are with Old Testament teachings against sloth and sluggardliness, we have to be busy to be important, over-busy to feel successful.
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Maybe it's because of that over-busy flag they've got ...
our cards arrive 2005
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I always find US federal materials (money, ID cards, etc) bland and over-busy in comparisson.
our cards arrive 2005
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Maybe it's because of that over-busy flag they've got ...
our cards arrive 2005
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In the context of the students over-busy lives, homework becomes, for many of them, a problem.
Archive 2007-12-01 Bruce Schauble 2007
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In the context of the students over-busy lives, homework becomes, for many of them, a problem.
Homework Bruce Schauble 2007
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