Busy and Dead

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Busy

Busy adjective - Involved in often constant activity.
Usage example: the deadline is in two days, so everyone at work has been extremely busy
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Dead is an antonym for busy.
Nearby Words: busily, busyness, busied, busying

Dead

Dead adjective - Lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation.
Usage example: the store is often dead after 4:00 p.m.
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Busy is an antonym for dead.
Nearby Word: deadly
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  • A group of kids are able to travel around the world because, with a few exceptions, their parents are either dead or busy fighting a war.
    Source: Deconstructed Trope / Western Animation
  • Free-Range Children Deconstructed, in a way, in Avatar: The Last Airbender, where a bunch of kids can travel around the world because, with the exception of a few characters, all of their parents are either dead or busy fighting the war.
    Source: Free-Range Children
  • Eventually, he snaps and tries to choke her to death only to find she's been dead for 40 years yet she is "still busy as a bee".
    Source: Critical Psychoanalysis Failure
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