employed

adjective

1. Having a job: hired, jobholding, retained, working. See work/play.
2. Involved in activity or work: busy, engaged, occupied. See action/inaction.

adj

Definition: working
Antonyms: idle, inactive, unemployed, unengaged, unoccupied

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Having your services engaged for; Utilized.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. — David Friedman

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary
  Antonym: unemployed (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: put to use
  Synonym: made use of

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