1. underpaid - Adjective
2. underpaid - Verb
Derived from underpay
underpaid (comparative more underpaid, superlative most underpaid)
Getting too little financial compensation for one's work.
I am underpaid and overworked.
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