underpaid en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English paid English underpaid From under- + paid.
Meanings
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Getting too little financial compensation for one's work.
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.
1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Bohemians—Tenement-house Cigarmaking”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 137:I am underpaid and overworked.
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."
2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, page 38:
Forms
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| most underpaid | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more underpaid | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Translations (12)
fr sous-payé (getting too little financial compensation for one's work) · fr mal payé (getting too little financial compensation for one's work) · nl onderbetaald (getting too little financial compensation for one's work) · el κακοπληρωμένος (getting too little financial compensation for one's work) · fi alipalkattu (getting too little financial compensation for one's work) · eo nesufiĉe pagata (getting too little financial compensation for one's work) · gv fo-eckit (getting too little financial compensation for one's work) · de schlechtbezahlt (getting too little financial compensation for one's work) · sv underbetald (getting too little financial compensation for one's work) · pl niedopłacony (getting too little financial compensation for one's work) · it sottopagato (getting too little financial compensation for one's work) · fi alipalkkainen (getting too little financial compensation for one's work)