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overbusy

verb

  1. To busy or involve (oneself) too thoroughly in something.

    transitive

    Returning to England, he was there imprisoned, some say for overbusying himself in matters of foreign trade.

Where it comes from

From Middle English overbisi, equivalent to over- + busy.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry overbusy (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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