바빠서 못

too busy to

→ 바쁘다
phrase Rare #27,730
too busy to This phrase is followed by a verb; 못 indicates that the action can't be done because the person is busy.
KO: 오늘은 바빠서 못 만나요.
EN: I'm too busy to meet today.

지금은 바빠서 못 가.

I’m busy right now, so I can’t go.

바빠서 못 봐줘

I couldn't take care of it because I was busy.

— 빈폴 (2019)

바빠서 못 왔어

I couldn’t come because I was busy.

— 아노라 (2024)

모두 바빠서 못 온다고 전화 왔어요

They called to say they were all too busy to come.

— 음식남녀 (1994)