underpaid
Britishadjective
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Changing employers makes sense if you don’t enjoy what you’re doing, if you feel underpaid or otherwise underappreciated, or if you don’t see internal opportunities to grow your career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Chabria: But I’ll end with this -- I agree with Becerra that teachers are underpaid, and agree with Hilton our schools aren’t delivering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The company said 65% of drivers were underpaid by $1 or less, with a median missing payment of $7.70.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
"Our mistakes meant some Dashers were underpaid or paid late."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
But guilt doesn’t go anywhere near far enough; the appropriate emotion is shame—shame at our own dependency, in this case, on the underpaid labor of others.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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