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Underpaid meaning

Getting too little financial compensation for one's work.

Using Underpaid

  • The main meaning on this page is: Getting too little financial compensation for one's work.
  • In the example corpus, underpaid often appears in combinations such as: underpaid and, and underpaid, underpaid for.

Context around Underpaid

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Underpaid

  • In this selection, "underpaid" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, severely, help, federally, workers, overworked and staff stand out and add context to how "underpaid" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include after allegedly underpaid employees vented and allow historically underpaid people to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "underpaid" sits close to words such as aguilar, aquinas and authoritarianism, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with underpaid

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Deavan also opened up about being “severely underpaid” for filming. (10 words)

The lower-level employees in the latter sectors are hugely underpaid. (11 words)

They are often underpaid and overworked, handling myriad tasks beyond ensuring safety. (12 words)

Brian Warrener, a professor of food and beverage operations at Johnson & Wales University, told that it’s a good rule of thumb to always tip federally underpaid workers, such as waitstaff and bar staff, whose wages can sit as low as $2 an hour. (44 words)

He also denied rumours that he had been underpaid for his contribution to the first two Iron Maiden albums, which included co-writing credits on key tracks like Remember Tomorrow, Killers, Sanctuary and Running Free. (35 words)

The proposal will allow historically underpaid people “to seek or accept jobs that better reflect the pay they deserve, thus closing the inequitable pay gap,” Villegas said in a statement. (30 words)

Bottom line, we students love strung-out, overworked, underpaid professors and, well, of course, you! (15 words)

Example sentences (20)

Advocates believe the change also could help underpaid workers realize they make less than people doing the same job.

Another group of people affected by DWP errors include the sons and daughters of deceased women whose state pension was underpaid for years.

Bad employers having them work in poor conditions and being underpaid is the real reason for the club owner being arrested.

Brian Warrener, a professor of food and beverage operations at Johnson & Wales University, told that it’s a good rule of thumb to always tip federally underpaid workers, such as waitstaff and bar staff, whose wages can sit as low as $2 an hour.

Deavan also opened up about being “severely underpaid” for filming.

Effectively, it boils down to being overworked and underpaid as an NHS dentist.

Mrs Irwin said: 'We were underpaid and there was no contract in place.

Our nation’s health is being disregarded and deprioritised on so many levels it is unacceptable, both for us and for our underpaid, overworked nurses and doctors.

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Reserve Bank boss Philip Lowe has confirmed the central bank has underpaid staff, revealing embattled consultancy PwC was hired to help fix the problem.

Some may be good, but others turn out to be little more than a few floors, or a few rooms in a cheap office building, with underpaid teaching staff.

The lower-level employees in the latter sectors are hugely underpaid.

The premise suffered damages of $7 million after allegedly underpaid employees vented their anger at the firm.

The proposal will allow historically underpaid people “to seek or accept jobs that better reflect the pay they deserve, thus closing the inequitable pay gap,” Villegas said in a statement.

They are often underpaid and overworked, handling myriad tasks beyond ensuring safety.

We have only 15% towards funding curriculum, extracurricular activities, keeping the lights on, teacher supplies, transportation, etc. Our employees are also underpaid when compared to benchmark districts.

And so, our caneros, our workforce, our people, are still being underpaid for their hard labor.

And statistics shown above convinces us beyond doubt that by any standard, teachers in Nagaland are definitely underpaid.

Bottom line, we students love strung-out, overworked, underpaid professors and, well, of course, you!

Far too many of the university’s non-tenure-track faculty are so severely underpaid for their work that they often have to work second jobs to pay the bills.

He also denied rumours that he had been underpaid for his contribution to the first two Iron Maiden albums, which included co-writing credits on key tracks like Remember Tomorrow, Killers, Sanctuary and Running Free.

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Common combinations with underpaid

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "underpaid" in a sentence?
An example: "Advocates believe the change also could help underpaid workers realize they make less than people doing the same job." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "underpaid" from authentic English texts.
What does "underpaid" mean?
Underpaid means: Getting too little financial compensation for one's work.
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