Busy and Lost

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Busy adjective - Involved in often constant activity.

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Lost and busy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lost" instead an adjective "Busy".

Nearby Words: busily, busyness, busied, busying

Lost adjective - No longer possessed.

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Busy and lost are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Busy" instead an adjective "Lost".

Nearby Word: losing

Unfortunately this gives him a lot of guilt thinking he could have done something to help stop a crisis instead of having been busy getting a hospitalized colt his lost toy.

Source: Fanfic / The Bridge
And because he was busy whoring while things were really going to the pits, he has lost his last opportunity to evacuate to the countryside to escape the chaos.

Source: Coitus Ensues
Made even funnier if the other two party members are Anders and Fenris, because not only are they hopelessly lost, they're too busy arguing to make a real attempt at finding Hawke.

Source: Video Game / Dragon Age II

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