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employedadjective involved in often constant activityinsisted that the children be employed in some useful activity, even during school vacations active, assiduous, bustling, busy, diligent, engaged, hopping, industrious, laborious, occupied, sedulous, tied-up, working knee-deep, swampedanimated, astir, buzzing, flourishing, happening, humming, lively, thriving, vibrantabsorbed, concentrating, engrossed, focused(also focussed), immersed, intent, preoccupiedalive, functional, functioning, going, living, operating, operational, operative, runningenergetic, vigoroushardworkingindefatigable, tireless, untiring idle, inactive, unbusy, unemployed, unoccupied freeasleep, dormant, latent, lifeless, quiescent, sleepyinert, passivedead, dull, slowinoperative, nonoperating employedverbpast tense of employto provide with a paying joba new factory that will employ 500 people assumed, engaged, feed(chiefly Scottish), hired, laid on(chiefly British), paid, placed, recruited, retained, signed (up or on), took on reemployed(or re-employed), reengaged(or re-engaged), rehiredapprenticed, contracted, jobbed, partnered, subcontractedenlistedadvanced, promoted, upgradedkept (on)headhunted, scouted axed, canned, discharged, dismissed, fired, sacked furloughed, laid off, locked out to put into action or servicelooking for a job in which she can employ her considerable writing skills applied, exercised, exploited, harnessed, operated, used, utilized handled, manipulated, wieldeddirected, ran(also chiefly dialectical run), worked(or wrought)cannibalized, recycled, reused brought to bear, drew on(or drew upon), made use of ignored, neglectedmisapplied, misused |