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Meaning of "over-busy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVER-BUSY

over-busy  [ˌəʊvəˈbɪzɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVER-BUSY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Over-Busy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVER-BUSY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of over-busy in the English dictionary

The definition of over-busy in the dictionary is too busy.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVER-BUSY


bizzy
ˈbɪzɪ
Boise
ˈbɔɪzɪ
busy
ˈbɪzɪ
Buthelezi
ˌbʊtəˈleɪzɪ
calabrese
ˌkæləˈbreɪzɪ
Campese
kæmˈpeɪzɪ
crazy
ˈkreɪzɪ
daisy
ˈdeɪzɪ
dizzy
ˈdɪzɪ
embusy
ɪmˈbɪzɪ
fizzy
ˈfɪzɪ
frizzy
ˈfrɪzɪ
grisy
ˈɡraɪzɪ
hazy
ˈheɪzɪ
lazy
ˈleɪzɪ
noisy
ˈnɔɪzɪ
Sangiovese
ˌsændʒəʊˈveɪzɪ
Scorsese
skɔːˈseɪzɪ
showbizzy
ˈʃəʊˌbɪzɪ
unbusy
ʌnˈbɪzɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVER-BUSY

over the moon
over the odds
over the score
over the top
over-able
over-advertise
over-aged
over-alert
over-articulate
over-assessment
over-designed
over-engineered
over-the-counter
over-the-counter market
over-the-top
over-under
over-use
overabound
overabound in
overabundance

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVER-BUSY

blousy
bousy
circusy
classy
controversy
courtesy
drusy
easy
embassy
fantasy
Gypsy
humusy
jealousy
lousy
messy
mousy
pussy
statusy
sy
tousy

Synonyms and antonyms of over-busy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «over-busy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVER-BUSY

Find out the translation of over-busy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of over-busy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «over-busy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

过忙
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sobre- ocupados
570 millions of speakers

English

over-busy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधिक व्यस्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإفراط مشغول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

над - занят
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sobre- ocupados
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওভার ব্যস্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sur - occupé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terlalu sibuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Über beschäftigt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オーバー忙しい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오버 중
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Luwih sibuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quá bận rộn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதிகமாக பிஸியாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अति-व्यस्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aşırı meşgul
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

over - occupato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nadmiernie zajęty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

над- зайнятий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supra- aglomerat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερ- απασχολημένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oor- besige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

över upptagen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

over- opptatt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of over-busy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVER-BUSY»

The term «over-busy» is normally little used and occupies the 135.597 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVER-BUSY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about over-busy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVER-BUSY»

Discover the use of over-busy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to over-busy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Escaping the Family Time Trap: A Workbook for Over-Busy Families
Using a hands-on approach, this book teaches families how to better manage their time so they have more time to connect as a family.
Barbra Sorenson, David Allen Sorensen, 2001
2
The Busy Christian's Guide to Busyness
Busyness itself is not a problem. In anybody's life there will be periods of intense activity. The problem comes when we are persistently over-busy. If your life doesn't reflect the biblical pattern of work and rest then something is wrong. We don't ...
Rajan S. Irudaya, Tim Chester, 2008
3
Success Intelligence
... time or energy to cultivate a rich spiritual life.6 The fact is that it is very difficult to be permanently busy and truly inspired. We inevitably experience a fall from grace when over-busy, and then everything feels more difficult and overwhelming .
Robert Holden, 2008
4
Authentic Success
... time or energy to cultivate a rich spiritual life.6 The fact is that it is very difficult to be permanently busy and truly inspired. We inevitably experience a fall from grace when over-busy, and then everything feels more difficult and overwhelming .
Robert Holden, 2011
5
Five Little Questions: That Reveal the Life God Designed for You
Over-busy. Confused. Over-busy. Grouchy. Did I mention over-busy? Then, he decided to bring Becky Tirabassi to my hometown through some of my closest friends. Her message: get with God for one hour a day. I've begun again and I'm ...
Dannah Gresh, 2007
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Five Little Questions That Reveal the Life God Designed for ...
Dannah Gresh. During my time of frustration, I said only one prayer each day. It went like this.“God pursue me.” He did. First, He let me feel all-too-much of what I felt years ago before I started being with Him. Isolated. Over-busy. Confused.
Dannah Gresh, 2007
7
The Wisdom of Jesus the son of sirach
21 Seek not things that are too hard for thee, And search not out things that are above thy strength. 22 The things that have been commanded thee, think thereupon ; For thou hast no need of the things that are secret. 23 Be not over busy in thy ...
8
Design Basics Index
Above: avoid using a backdrop that fights for attention with the featured content. w EXERCISE: Ensuring legibility: headline over busy backdrop. Needed: patterns created for the exercise on page 148 (or gathered from other digital sources), ...
Jim Krause, 2004
9
Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computing ...
Questions. Q3-2 Why do most programs use interrupt-driven I/O over busy/wait? Q3-3 Write ARM code that tests a register at location ds1 and continues execution only when the register is nonzero.
Marilyn Wolf, 2012
10
Introduction To English Renaissance Comedy
Litdewit, whose household is dominated by the Puritan Busy, manages to get his family to the Fair over Busy's initial objections by persuading his pregnant wife Win to long for roast pig. Having succeeded so far, and gorged on pig at Ursula's  ...
Alexander Leggatt, 1999

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVER-BUSY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term over-busy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Best Reason to NOT Execute James Holmes: He May Have …
But Fenton was very likely an over-busy and therefore a likely over-prescribing psychiatrist who was unaware of the “pure and uncontaminated” ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
2
How meditation changed a go-go-go couple
"We were your typical over-busy, striving professionals living in New York City," Seaver, at right, says. "If you'd asked me 15 years ago if this is ... «Mother Nature Network, Jul 15»
3
Review: Intimate Theatre double bill @ George Hotel
Mandy Davies was marvellous as the over-busy and not too bright career girl Joy, Richard Clarke had just the right amount of pomposity as ... «Lichfield Live, Jul 15»
4
On those sour days, we can be lemonade
... watching the tide roll away ... or, shoot, wishing you could carve out a moment or two from your over-busy schedule to sit on the dock of a bay ... «Northwest Arkansas News, Jun 15»
5
To Avoid Feeling Defined By Your Work, Stop Constantly Checking …
It's leaving us overwhelmed and over-busy, responding to every request, ring and ping with the urgency of a fireman responding to a six-alarm ... «Lifehacker, Jun 15»

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