Home › Words › U › unbusyunbusyunbusy means not busy.EtymologyFrom Middle English unbysy, unbesy, equivalent to un- + busy.adjNot busy.e.g.“In these unbusy times, busywork’s bad reputation may be due for revision.” — 2009 January 25, Jan Hoffman, “Working Hard to Look Busy”, in New York Times:verbTo make or render unbusyDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.nonbusy 95% match — Not busy. vs unbusy →unbusied 77% match — Not required to work; unemployed; not busy. vs unbusy →busyish 72% match — Somewhat busy. vs unbusy →unbustling 70% match — Not bustling. vs unbusy →unpreoccupied 70% match — Not preoccupied. vs unbusy →uncrowded 67% match — Not crowded. vs unbusy →superbusy 66% match — Extremely busy. vs unbusy →noncrowded 65% match — Not crowded. vs unbusy →