Some underpaid professors are also secretaries, and some overworked administrators are professors, but no administrator is a secretary.
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Underpaid
Synonyms for "underpaid" (11 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Verb(3 words)
Strong matches (3)
Verb(3 words)
Related words (5)
Verb(4 words)
Noun(1 words)
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More general
9 entriescompensation gapdescriptive adjectiveeconomic descriptoreconomic inequalityeconomic statusincome levelpayqualifying adjectiveremunerate
More specific
7 entrieslow wagelow-wage workerlow-wage workersmodestly paidshortchangeundercompensated employeeundervalued labor force
Collocations
16 entriesan underpaid workercontract underpaymentlow wage workerslow wagessystematic underpaymentthe underpaidunderpaid earningsunderpaid employeesunderpaid salariesunderpaid staffunderpaid wagesunderpaid workerunderpaid workersunderpaymentunderpayment of wageswage underpayment
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The workers are overworked and underpaid.
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Most of our workers feel that they're underpaid.
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Santiago was mistreated and underpaid.
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