"misremunerate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misremunerates [present, singular, third-person], misremunerating [participle, present], misremunerated [participle, past], misremunerated [past]
Etymology: mis- + remunerate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|remunerate}} mis- + remunerate Head templates: {{en-verb}} misremunerate (third-person singular simple present misremunerates, present participle misremunerating, simple past and past participle misremunerated)
  1. To remunerate with an inappropriate amount. Hyponyms: underpay, overpay
    Sense id: en-misremunerate-en-verb-Penqq~cH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for misremunerate meaning in English (2.2kB)

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