underpaid
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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These unnecessary preventative measures aren’t just a nuisance for the consumer; they’re a hassle for the overworked, underpaid employee who spends their shift telling customers, “No, we don’t have more of that in the back.”
From Salon • May 22, 2026
She stood down from her cabinet roles last September after admitting she underpaid stamp duty on her £800,000 flat in Hove.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Customer-service operations still rely heavily on underpaid and poorly trained humans, leading to general dissatisfaction across all service metrics, including wait times and repeat calls, with consumers increasingly resorting to equally unsatisfactory self-service alternatives.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
The alleged failures by State Farm included “unreasonably low” settlement offers, as well as underpaid claims.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
They would not buy clothes made by underpaid workers in Asia.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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