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" (1 found)
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Translations
12 translations across 10 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- onderbetaald adj (getting too little financial compensation for one's work)
Esperanto
1 entries- nesufiĉe pagata adj (getting too little financial compensation for one's work)
Finnish
2 entries- alipalkattu adj (getting too little financial compensation for one's work)
- alipalkkainen adj (getting too little financial compensation for one's work)
French
2 entries- mal payé adj (getting too little financial compensation for one's work)
- sous-payé adj (getting too little financial compensation for one's work)
German
1 entries- schlechtbezahlt adj (getting too little financial compensation for one's work)
Greek
1 entries- κακοπληρωμένος adj (getting too little financial compensation for one's work)
Italian
1 entries- sottopagato adj (getting too little financial compensation for one's work)
Manx
1 entries- fo-eckit adj (getting too little financial compensation for one's work)
Polish
1 entries- niedopłacony adj (getting too little financial compensation for one's work)
Swedish
1 entries- underbetald adj (getting too little financial compensation for one's work)
Sample 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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