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underpaid

(ʌndəʳpeɪd)
adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]
People who are underpaid are not paid enough money for the job that they do.
Women are frequently underpaid for the work that they do.
...underpaid factory workers.

underpaid in British English

(ˌʌndəˈpeɪd)
adjective
not paid enough
underpaid and overworked

Examples of 'underpaid' in a sentence
underpaid

Swedish companies in particular are vulnerable to complaints from women who feel underpaid.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Women are frequently underpaid for the work that they do.
Harris, Jean Everything You Need to Know for Success in Business (1990)
They are underpaid for important work and should not be afraid to say so.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Few can complain they are underpaid for the work they do.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We cannot be seen to be profiteering from the misery of thousands of underpaid nurses.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Women who feel they are underpaid have the right to claim back pay for up to six years.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Yet there is a shortage of childcare places and the staff are underpaid and often have few qualifications.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The public perception is that social workers are underpaid, overworked and largely ineffective.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But then should it be a plumber's problem if a canteen worker is underpaid?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The top reasons are unreasonable workload, feeling underpaid and lack of a clear career path.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Indeed, you probably feel underpaid and undervalued.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Accountants think more than 1m people could have underpaid tax.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Our salary and benefit evaluations often do show that some staff are underpaid when compared with averages for similar positions at other churches.
Christianity Today (2000)
It's bad enough that many restaurants used to pocket the tips intended for underpaid staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yet there should also be no need for MPs to feel so badly underpaid that they grub around for funds in grubby places.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Will I be fined on underpaid tax?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I now fear we may have underpaid our tax for 2008 and perhaps earlier years.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And part Comic Relief film as she visited underpaid hotel workers in their squalid homes.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Perhaps he would like to join our underpaid nurses or our troops in Iraq or Afghanistan.
The Sun (2008)
Most of all, it is a public celebration of that most underpaid and undervalued formof journalism: the book review.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It rectified the payroll system problems earlier this year but not before 32,000 incidents where staff were underpaid over the course of 19 weeks.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)

In other languages
underpaid

British English: underpaid /ˌʌndəˈpeɪd/ ADJECTIVE
People who are underpaid are not paid enough money for the job that they do.
Women are frequently underpaid for the work that they do.
  • American English: underpaid
  • Arabic: مَدْفُوعٌ بِأَقَلٍّ مِـمَا يَنْبَغِي
  • Brazilian Portuguese: mal pago
  • Chinese: 报酬过低的
  • Croatian: potplaćen
  • Czech: málo placený
  • Danish: underbetalt
  • Dutch: onderbetaald
  • European Spanish: mal pagado
  • Finnish: alipalkattu
  • French: sous-payé
  • German: unterbezahlt
  • Greek: κακοπληρωμένος
  • Italian: sottopagato
  • Japanese: 十分な額が払われていない
  • Korean: 박봉의
  • Norwegian: underbetalt
  • Polish: niedostatecznie wynagrodzony
  • European Portuguese: mal pago
  • Romanian: persoană plătită insuficient
  • Russian: низкооплачиваемый
  • Latin American Spanish: mal pagado
  • Swedish: underbetald
  • Thai: ได้รับค่าจ้างน้อยไป
  • Turkish: düşük ücretli
  • Ukrainian: низькооплачуваний
  • Vietnamese: được trả lương thấp

Chinese translation of 'underpaid'

underpaid

(ʌndəˈpeɪd)

adj

  1. 报(報)酬过(過)低的 (bàochóu guò dī de)
    ⇒ Teachers are underpaid. 老师的报酬过低。 (Lǎoshī de bàochóu guò dī.)
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