Underpaid

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Getting too little financial compensation for one's work.

    "I am underpaid and overworked."

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short-paid

Example

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"Some underpaid professors are also secretaries, and some overworked administrators are professors, but no administrator is a secretary."

Etymology

From under- + paid.

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