Busy and Lousy

Busy

Busy adjective - Involved in often constant activity.

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

Nearby Words: busily, busyness, busied, busying

Lousy

Lousy adjective - Possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified.
Usage example: a Manhattan neighborhood that is lousy with wannabe actors

Busy and lousy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Busy" instead an adjective "Lousy".

Nearby Words: louse, lousiness, lousing, loused

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Jews Love to Argue I get just a few lousy minutes out of my busy day to make this, and that's not good enough for you?
  • Tabletop Game / Pandemic In practice, however, you'll be too busy dealing with potential outbreaks to chase down that last lousy cube.note Medics combined with the Dispatcher can make Eradication viable, since the Medic only needs to be in a city with cured cubes to make them vanish, regardless of what turn it is.
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