underpaid un‧der‧paid [ˌʌndəˈpeɪd◂ ǁ -ər-] adjective
paid less money than you deserve for your work:
• Most of the staff feel they are overworked and underpaid.
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underpaid UK US /ˌʌndəˈpeɪd/ adjective
► not paid enough money for the work that you do: »
He believed that the top executives were woefully underpaid.
»The underpaid employees hounded their boss for a raise.
► if a job is underpaid, the people who do it do not earn enough money: »
Service in the catering industry has long been underpaid.
»Looking after children is one of the most undervalued and underpaid jobs there is.
► FINANCE, TAX an underpaid amount of money is less than it should be: »
For underpaid tax the rate will be 2.5% over bank base rate.
Financial and business terms. 2012.