underpaid
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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I asked my dad how he did it, and he said: “The maitre d’ is a busy man, probably overworked and underpaid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Los Angeles County announced Monday that it had filed a lawsuit against State Farm General after hundreds of victims of last year’s devastating wildfires complained that their claims had been delayed, denied or underpaid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
When that didn’t happen, the council went forward with the legislation, she said, adding that the school aides are underpaid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
What is more, the bill for his monthly payments then almost trebled to £981 a month, after it appeared he had now underpaid for the younger child still entitled to support.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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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