Occupied
Occupied adjective - Held or filled or in use.
Usage example: she keeps her time well occupied
Spare
Spare adjective - Being over what is needed.
Both words in one sentence
- Partisans in occupied Europe would sometimes turn this bug into a feature; dropping a spare one out of an upstairs window into the midst of a German patrol was a pretty good field-expedient grenade substitute, and one that could usually be reloaded and used again afterwards.
Source: Improbable Use of a Weapon
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