in use
Being employed now
Currently being used or occupied and therefore unavailable: The conference room is in use until three.
The phrase marks something as actively engaged rather than idle or free.
It contrasts with out of use, which means no longer functioning or employed: That entrance has fallen out of use.
Having paid work
- utilizedPut to work
- deployedPositioned for use
- harnessedControlled and directed
- implementedPut into effect
leveraged · exercised · adopted · practiced · put to work
Actively in function
- functioningWorking as intended
- runningSwift foot travel
- workingIn active function
- activeIn operation now
powered · enabled · engaged · deployed · operative · executing · performing · processing
Actively occupied with tasks
- takenOccupied or seized
- reservedRestrained in manner
- bookedArranged in advance
- inaccessibleCannot be reached
blocked · full · preempted · indisposed · engaged · tied up · spoken for · off-limits
employed
Having paid work
implemented · leveraged · exercised · adopted · practiced · put to work
operating
Actively in function
- functioningWorking as intended
- runningSwift foot travel
- workingIn active function
active · powered · enabled · engaged · deployed · operative · executing · performing · processing · serving
busy
Actively occupied with tasks
inaccessible · blocked · full · preempted · indisposed · engaged · tied up · spoken for · off-limits
tenanted
Having a resident
filled · taken · settled · populated · dwelling · accommodated · colonized · claimed · resided · housed
- Not Availablebooked, reserved, claimed, occupied, held
- system statesactive, idle, online, offline, disabled
- operationaloperational, functioning, working, running, active
- bathroombathtub, bathroom, restroom, lavatory, faucet
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions
in useunused
Never put to purpose
idle · sitting idle · inactive · dormant · unoccupied
in useout of service
Not currently functioning
decommissioned · out of commission · retired · defunct · obsolete