underbusy

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adjective

Insufficiently busy; not having enough to do.

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Meanings

adjectiveunderbusy (comparative more underbusy, superlative most underbusy)

comparative more underbusy · superlative most underbusy

  1. Insufficiently busy; not having enough to do.

    A crowd of underbusy men waited among the shacks near Hickok's.

    1979, Jake Logan, Dead Man's Hand, →ISBN, page 185
    2 more examples

    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 probable oversupply of dentists— when many, many practitioners are underbusy!

    1980, Georgetown Dental Journal - Volumes 44-45, page 3

Origin

From under- + busy.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

underbusy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underbusy

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“underbusy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underbusy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underbusy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underbusy.

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