overbusy
English
Etymology
From Middle English overbisi, equivalent to over- + busy.
Derived terms
Verb
overbusy (third-person singular simple present overbusies, present participle overbusying, simple past and past participle overbusied)
- (transitive) To busy or involve (oneself) too thoroughly in something.
- 1964, Ethel Stephens Arnett, From England to North Carolina: Two Special Gifts (page 59)
- Returning to England, he was there imprisoned, some say for overbusying himself in matters of foreign trade.
- 1964, Ethel Stephens Arnett, From England to North Carolina: Two Special Gifts (page 59)
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