underbusy

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ busy.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

underbusy (comparative more underbusy, superlative most underbusy)

1. Insufficiently busy; not having enough to do.
   • 1947, Collier's - Volume 119, page 40:

     A Stomper is one who became overberried and underbusy through no toil of his or her own.

   • 1979, Jake Logan, Dead Man's Hand, →ISBN, page 185:

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

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

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

Anagrams

• underbuys, Dusenbury