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underpaid

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Getting too little financial compensation for one's work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I am underpaid and overworked.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English paid English underpaid From under- + paid.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: onderbetaald — getting too little financial compensation for one's work
  • Esperanto: nesufiĉe pagata — getting too little financial compensation for one's work
  • Finnish: alipalkattu — getting too little financial compensation for one's work
  • Finnish: alipalkkainen — getting too little financial compensation for one's work
  • French: sous-payé — getting too little financial compensation for one's work
  • French: mal payé — getting too little financial compensation for one's work
  • German: schlechtbezahlt — getting too little financial compensation for one's work
  • Greek: κακοπληρωμένος (kakopliroménos) — getting too little financial compensation for one's work
  • Italian: sottopagato — getting too little financial compensation for one's work
  • Manx: fo-eckit — getting too little financial compensation for one's work
  • Polish: niedopłacony — getting too little financial compensation for one's work
  • Swedish: underbetald — getting too little financial compensation for one's work