Unbusyness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of not being busy. uncountable

    "2020, Steve Aisthorpe, Rewilding the Church With the shocking and laser-sharp accuracy reserved for someone who cultivates sufficient unbusyness to be able to wait in prayer and speak and write from a place of confidence, he states that 'busy', when used to describe a 'pastor', 'should sound to our ears like embezzling to describe a banker'."

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"2020, Steve Aisthorpe, Rewilding the Church With the shocking and laser-sharp accuracy reserved for someone who cultivates sufficient unbusyness to be able to wait in prayer and speak and write from a place of confidence, he states that 'busy', when used to describe a 'pastor', 'should sound to our ears like embezzling to describe a banker'."

Etymology

From unbusy + -ness.

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