adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Not required to work; unemployed; not busy. not-comparable

   "An apothecary sate unbusied at his doore , Whom by his heavy countenance he gessed to be poore."

Synonyms

All synonyms

idleunemployed

Example

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"An apothecary sate unbusied at his doore , Whom by his heavy countenance he gessed to be poore."

Etymology

From un- + busied.

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