sweated
Americanadjective
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made by underpaid workers.
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underpaid and overworked.
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having poor working conditions.
adjective
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made by exploited labour
sweated goods
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(of workers, etc) forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
Other Word Forms
- unsweated adjective
Etymology
Origin of sweated
1645–55 for earlier sense “saturated with sweat”; 1880–85 sweated for def. 2; sweat + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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Uruguay, whose concerted renewables push has granted almost total energy independence, sweated little during the 2022 energy shock, and now has the ability to export clean power to neighbors in need.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026
"I sweated everything I had, I gave it all, and that's all that matters, and I really enjoyed my time on the court," he said.
From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025
Exhausted entrants to the Great North Run sweated their way through Newcastle, Gateshead and South Shields to pick up their medals last week.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025
I sweated out the 24 hours it took to arrive from Amazon.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2023
Over the following months, he and Ernest sweated to produce an even more energetic particle beam.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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