underpay
verb (used with object)
to pay less than is deserved or usual.
had been underpaying
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past perfect progressiveof underpay.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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In December, a group of Google managers responsible for overseeing thousands of its temporary staff members discovered the company had been underpaying some of those workers for years.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
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