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overbusy

American  
[oh-ver-biz-ee] / ˌoʊ vərˈbɪz i /

adjective

  1. too busy; involved in too many activities or having too much to do.

  2. (of a season, day, etc.) characterized by excessive activity.

  3. containing too many different visual elements; visually cluttered.


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But it turns out that the rest of “Wakanda Forever” will be one long eulogy as well, with the next 2½ hours toggling between overbusy storytelling and coping with sadness and loss.

From Washington Post Nov. 8, 2022

Sharpe said the actor was “unafraid to put himself in any scenario,” adding in a phone interview that there was “some overlap between Louis and Benedict; an overbusy diary, full of energy, full of ideas.”

From New York Times Nov. 4, 2021

The cut-rate knockoff is actually quite elegant, even if it, too, often loses the mood in an overbusy plot.

From Seattle Times Oct. 26, 2020

The result is an overbusy picture jampacked with subplots, all of them quite trite.

From Seattle Times Jul. 10, 2012

A thing about me is, I have an overbusy imagination.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

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