Busy and Rich

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Busy adjective - Involved in often constant activity.

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

Nearby Words: busily, busyness, busied, busying

Rich adjective - Having goods, property, or money in abundance.

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Busy and rich are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Busy" instead an adjective "Rich".

Nearby Words: richness, riches, richly, Richie

Disappeared Dad: Subverted — Weasel Boy's (and his adopted siblings) father is so busy being a rich shadowy government type that he hasn't been seen for years.

Source: Webcomic / Supermegatopia
Non-Idle Rich: Most of the rich people shown are busy either with politics or warfare and some are busy with commerce, industry, or invention.

Source: Literature / Vorkosigan Saga aka: Komarr
Cordwainer Smith makes ironic use of this trope in his short story On the Gem Planet which takes place on Planet Pontoppidian, a literal gem of a planet; the narration states the people there were 'Too rich and too busy to have good food, open air or much fun.

Source: Mundane Luxury

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