- 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.
- applied or used; made use of: In the study, drilling with flashcards was the least frequently employed strategy for language learning.
- kept busy or engaged with some work or activity: I never feel usefully employed in science except when I'm actually gathering data.
- (of time, energies, etc.) occupied; devoted to some pursuit: Working on my quilt gave me many happily employed hours.
- the simple past tense and past participle of employ.
