Synonyms for underpaid
un·der·paid

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1. underpaidadjective

   Antonyms:
   overpaid

2. underpaidadjective

   I am underpaid and overworked.

   Antonyms:
   overpaid

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1. List of paraphrases for "underpaid":

   low-paid, badly-paid

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1. Daniel J. Boorstin:

   In our world of big names, curiously, our true heroes tend to be anonymous. In this life of illusion and quasi-illusion, the person of solid virtues who can be admired for something more substantial than his well-knownness often proves to be the unsung hero: the teacher, the nurse, the mother, the honest cop, the hard worker at lonely, underpaid, unglamorous, unpublicized jobs.

2. Leah Carroll:

   [ Vice's ] contract establishes salary minimums, which have been crucial in bringing those who were underpaid -- including most of our writers, editors, contractors and freelance writers -- up to industry standards, we also were able to secure annual cost-of-living wage increases and standardized job descriptions across the unit.

3. Monica Garza:

   We got enough people in our ranks that were like,' This may not be impossible anymore. And it may be incredibly necessary.' Because in years prior, I think people could hang onto the fact that things were bad, but not bad enough, it wasn't until after Covid — when we went in with less people, being overworked, underpaid, inflation out of control.

4. Brett Kavanaugh:

   Everyone in the group paid me for their tickets based on the cost of the tickets, to the dollar, no one overpaid or underpaid me for tickets. No loans were given in either direction.

5. Richard C. Blum:

   If I were to underpay my staff as much as the university is underpaid, I would lose my staff.