underpaid

Speech parts

1. underpaid - Adjective

2. underpaid - Verb

Derived from underpay

Meaning

underpaid (comparative more underpaid, superlative most underpaid)

Getting too little financial compensation for one's work.
I am underpaid and overworked.

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Synonyms

unappreciated remunerated unremunerative underpayment pink-collar low-paid low-income undervalued underappreciated unthanked pay less than required pay too little not adequately paid poorly paid be short in accounts
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Antonyms

overpaid lucrative exaggerated glorified remunerative overestimation
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Phrases with the word

feel underpaid

Examples

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office. Gloria Steinem

I think good teachers are underpaid. Peter Brimelow

With respect to teachers' salaries .... Poor teachers are grossly overpaid and good teachers grossly underpaid. Salary schedules tend to be uniform and determined far more by seniority. Milton Friedman

Our teachers at the public school level are the most underpaid for the importance of their job in America. Dean Smith

Most people don't know how underpaid and often ill-equipped urban fire departments are across North America. Denis Leary

I feel like football players are overworked and underpaid compared to any other sports. Terrell Owens

Close letter words and terms

underpad underpadded underpadding underpainting underpair underpant