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underbusy en · ADJ

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Etymology

From under- + busy.

Meanings

1. Insufficiently busy; not having enough to do.
   • A probable oversupply of dentists— when many, many practitioners are underbusy! 1980, Georgetown Dental Journal - Volumes 44-45, page 3:
   • 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 crowd of underbusy men waited among the shacks near Hickok's. 1979, Jake Logan, Dead Man's Hand, →ISBN, page 185:

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