underpaid
underpaid adjective: getting too little financial compensation for one's work.
Adjective
underpaid (comparative more underpaid, superlative most underpaid)
- Getting too little financial compensation for one's work.
- I am underpaid and overworked.
- 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
underpaid meaning in Tamil
underpaid in Tamil
- குறைந்த ஊதியம் பெறு, போதிய ஊதியம் பெறா
Antonyms of underpaid
Forms of underpaid
| comparative | more underpaid |
|---|---|
| superlative | most underpaid |
Origin of underpaid
From under- + paid.
Words that rhyme with underpaid
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- abraid
- blockade
- cade
- fade
- glade
- raid
- upbraid
- abrade
- crusade
- esplanade
- invade
- lade
- unlaid
- upgrade
- brigade
- brocade
- cavalcade
- colonnade
- displayed
- glissade
- grenade
- paid
- palisade
- unlade
- afraid
- ambuscade
- arcade
- corrade
- degrade
- enfilade
- evade
- jade
- lemonade
- made
- maid
- persuade
- pomade
- spade
- unmade
- aide
- cannonade
- carbonade
- carronade
- clade
- cockade
- Dade
- decayed
- dragonnade
Questions about underpaid
- What does underpaid mean?
- Underpaid means getting too little financial compensation for one's work.
- What is underpaid in Tamil?
- Underpaid in Tamil is குறைந்த ஊதியம் பெறு, போதிய ஊதியம் பெறா. See Underpaid meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is underpaid?
- Underpaid is an adjective.
Words near underpaid in the dictionary
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