underpaying
- present participle of underpay.
Example Sentences
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That’s a stark contrast with Shein, which has been accused of overworking and underpaying its workers and of being a massive industry polluter.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
The company acknowledges some claims were mishandled but rejected claims it engaged in a “general practice of mishandling or intentionally underpaying wildfire claims.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
California officials took legal action Monday against State Farm, accusing the insurer of unlawfully delaying, denying and underpaying home-insurance claims from survivors of last year’s Los Angeles wildfires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
She also pointed to a total reliance nationally on underpaying care workers and an imbalance in power between the NHS and council-run social care, which she says ends up serving the institutions not people.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
Nobody is altogether bad; the scoundrel who has grown rich by underpaying the workmen in his factory will sometimes endow an asylum for indigent seamen.
From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)
