What does underpaid mean?
Underpaid means Getting too little financial compensation for one's work..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Getting too little financial compensation for one's work..
I am underpaid and overworked.
The accusation that he lives like the “rat” he is, cutting down wages by his underpaid labor, he throws back in the teeth of the trades unions with the counter-charge that they are the first cause of his attitude to the labor question.
Terry Gourvish, the lead author if the authorised commercial history of BR, described the new BTC structure thus: "The conclusion must be that the combination of a few undynamic railwaymen, underpaid full-timers (Commission and General Staff) and poorly-paid part-time businessmen was not a very potent managerial cocktail."
Use underpaid when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Underpaid means Getting too little financial compensation for one's work..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include overpaid.
I am underpaid and overworked.
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