overbusy
Americanadjective
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too busy; involved in too many activities or having too much to do.
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(of a season, day, etc.) characterized by excessive activity.
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containing too many different visual elements; visually cluttered.
Example Sentences
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Slower-paced classes have become mainstays at yoga studios as people seek another way to put a pause on overbusy lives.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2023
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
It sounds like a goofy thing a bored kid with an overbusy imagination would invent, just to get attention.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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