Explore Underpay through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like pay or overpay. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Underpay in a sentence
Related words
Underpay meaning
- To pay (someone) less than the value of their work; to pay (someone) insufficiently.
- To pay less than is due for (something).
Using Underpay
- The main meaning on this page is: To pay (someone) less than the value of their work; to pay (someone) insufficiently. | To pay less than is due for (something).
- Useful related words include: pay, overpay.
Context around Underpay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Underpay
- In this selection, "underpay" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, drastically, genius, deliberately, relative and signing stand out and add context to how "underpay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include both drastically underpay relative to and from the underpay of our. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "underpay" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with underpay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Some submissions to this review call for not just harsher financial penalties, but jail-time for bosses who deliberately underpay their workers. (22 words)
Graham is a nice, generally overlooked player, but the replies here make it sound like this was some kind of genius underpay signing. (23 words)
As Medicaid and Medicare both drastically underpay relative to private health insurance, hospitals and providers have to charge private insurance more to make up the difference. (26 words)
It is also being pushed by the insurance industry, which loves the idea of government “forcing” it to underpay out-if-network providers almost as much as it loved the idea of government mandating every American buy their product. (39 words)
This manifests itself in numerous places, from the underpay of our support staff, unequal pay for male and female professors, policies, etc. But I specifically want to note the continual undermining of female sexuality present on this campus. (38 words)
As Medicaid and Medicare both drastically underpay relative to private health insurance, hospitals and providers have to charge private insurance more to make up the difference. (26 words)
Example sentences (5)
It is also being pushed by the insurance industry, which loves the idea of government “forcing” it to underpay out-if-network providers almost as much as it loved the idea of government mandating every American buy their product.
As Medicaid and Medicare both drastically underpay relative to private health insurance, hospitals and providers have to charge private insurance more to make up the difference.
Graham is a nice, generally overlooked player, but the replies here make it sound like this was some kind of genius underpay signing.
Some submissions to this review call for not just harsher financial penalties, but jail-time for bosses who deliberately underpay their workers.
This manifests itself in numerous places, from the underpay of our support staff, unequal pay for male and female professors, policies, etc. But I specifically want to note the continual undermining of female sexuality present on this campus.