underpaid
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The county will investigate the insurer following complaints from January wildfire victims that their requests for compensation have been delayed, denied and underpaid.
From Los Angeles Times
For those outside the citadel—anti-boomer millennials, Gen Z, the underpaid and aggrieved—the Epstein revelations tell a sordid story they’ve long suspected.
If this feels familiar —if you’re feeling tired, hungry and underpaid all at once—let me just say: you’re not imagining it.
From Salon
By next season, he won’t be an underpaid star on his original rookie contract.
From Los Angeles Times
There have always been people working in California’s fields that are underpaid and underappreciated, and in some ways, things have only gotten worse for a lot of that population.
From Los Angeles Times
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