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underpay

[ uhn-der-pey ]

/ ˌʌn dərˈpeɪ /

verb (used with object), un·der·paid, un·der·pay·ing.

to pay less than is deserved or usual.

Origin of underpay

First recorded in 1840–50; under- + pay¹

OTHER WORDS FROM underpay

un·der·pay·ment

[uhn-der-pey-muh nt, uhn-der-pey-] /ˌʌn dərˈpeɪ mənt, ˈʌn dərˌpeɪ-/, noun

Words nearby underpay

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Example sentences from the Web for underpaid

Even public-service lawyering jobs, while underpaid for the field, still pay better than low-wage warehouse labor.

How Amazon Became Santa’s Sweatshop |Sally Kohn |December 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Doctors, who were overworked and underpaid, began taking bribes to provide care.

Will US Health Care Follow in China’s Bloody Footsteps? |Daniela Drake |September 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
You might even make the case that Jamie Dimon is the most underpaid CEO in America.

Jamie Dimon Is Totally Underpaid |Joshua M. Brown |January 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Teachers are underpaid—if they are paid at all since many public schools have frozen salaries.

A Dickensian Christmas For Greece’s New Poor |Barbie Latza Nadeau |December 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

But experts caution there is a risk in relying on overworked and underpaid workers for too long.

The Shutdown Safety Scare |Eve Conant |August 4, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
These fellows get the money and the work is done by underpaid subordinates whom the world never hears of.

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |Robert Tressell
No man of McLean's gangs could honestly say that he ever had been overdriven or underpaid.

Freckles |Gene Stratton-Porter
With wise fore-thought I found great pensions for underpaid clergy.

The Drunkard |Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
People who think they are underpaid necessarily think they are overworked.

H. R. |Edwin Lefevre
Flaxman was underpaid by Wedgwood for the numerous models he supplied—models still used by the firm.

Travels in South Kensington |Moncure Daniel Conway

British Dictionary definitions for underpaid (1 of 2)

underpaid

/ (ˌʌndəˈpeɪd) /

adjective

not paid enough underpaid and overworked

British Dictionary definitions for underpaid (2 of 2)

underpay

/ (ˌʌndəˈpeɪ) /

verb -pays, -paying or -paid

to pay (someone) insufficiently

Derived forms of underpay

underpayment, noun