employed

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adjective
  1. given employment, or paid work; hired, especially permanently by inclusion on a payroll: The comedy revolves around a beauty salon owner and her newly employed male stylist.

  2. applied or used; made use of: In the study, drilling with flashcards was the least frequently employed strategy for language learning.

  1. kept busy or engaged with some work or activity: I never feel usefully employed in science except when I'm actually gathering data.

  2. (of time, energies, etc.) occupied; devoted to some pursuit: Working on my quilt gave me many happily employed hours.

verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of employ.

Origin of employed

1
First recorded in 1560–70; employ + -ed2 for the adjective senses; employ + -ed1 for the verb sense

Other words from employed

  • de-em·ployed, adjective
  • well-em·ployed, adjective

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