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What is the adjective for employed?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb employ which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

employed
  1. In a job; working.
  2. Used; in use.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. active, busy, occupied, engaged, working, assiduous, bustling, diligent, hopping, industrious, laborious, sedulous, labouring, laboring, operating, at it, at work, hard at work, in collar, in place, in use, on board, on duty, plugging away, tied-up, in a job, in harness, on the job, on the payroll, rushed off your feet, tireless, on the go, tied up, busy as a bee, persevering, unflagging, hard-working, on the hop, hard-pressed, preoccupied, energetic, unavailable, conscientious, engrossed, taken, indefatigable, hard at it, zealous, constant, committed … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “You now have enough work to keep you fully employed for the next several weeks.”
      “Her husband is currently employed on a part-time basis, having recently returned from a two-year job overseas working for an oil company.”
employeeless
  1. Having no employees.
employable
  1. (especially of a person) Able to be employed.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. functional, usable, fit, useful, serviceable, available, practicable, useable, exploitable, operable, utilisable, utilizable, applicable, operative, accessible, convenient, handy, working, ready, workable, viable, practical, feasible, utile, suitable, open, appropriate, good, functioning, operational, at hand, applicative, proper, consumable, unused, prepared, obtainable, vacant, running, adequate, attainable, actionable, helpful, effective, suited, securable, on hand, on deck, valid, profitable … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She completed a specialized training program that made her highly employable in the software development industry.”
employing
  1. present participle of employ
  2. Synonyms:
      3. using, utilizing, wielding, working, harnessing, utilising, adopting, engaging, fielding, manipulating, operating, plying, availing yourself of, making do with, making use of, maneuvering, manoeuvring, applying, appropriating, availing oneself of, calling upon, deploying, exploiting, resorting, taking advantage of, directing, finding a use for, handling, putting into service, running, guiding, calling into play, turning to account, putting to good use, exercising, putting to use, bringing into play, implementing, drawing on, exerting, controlling, having recourse to, turning to, bringing to bear, practising, practicing, looking to, calling on, managing, executing … more
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