otherwise engaged

Adjective

Meaning

otherwise engaged (not comparable)

(idiomatic) busy doing something else

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The proper role of humanists is not to bring 'human values' to the attention of technicians otherwise engaged in a purely instrumental approach to their calling, but to demand the restoration of the practical or moral element in callings that have degenerated into techniques. Christopher Lasch

We can do anything we want. The next time you hear yourself saying, to another-and especially yourself-I Can't, take a deep breath and say instead, My resources are otherwise engaged. Peter McWilliams

Close letter words and terms

otherwise otherwise called otherwise called as otherwise known as otherwise referred to as otherwise speaking