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busyness.

The state of being busy.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɪz.i.nɪs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈbɪz.i.nəs/General-American/bɪˈziː.nɛs/South-Asia
  1. The state of being busy.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From busy + -ness; the ⟨y⟩ (-y) is kept to distinguish from business (of which it is a doublet), which is derived from the same two morphemes but by regular spelling rules.

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