"underpaid" meaning in English

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    {
      "word": "overpaid"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "under",
        "3": "paid"
      },
      "expansion": "under- + paid",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "under- + paid",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more underpaid",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most underpaid",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "underpaid (comparative more underpaid, superlative most underpaid)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "English terms prefixed with under-",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I am underpaid and overworked.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, page 38",
          "text": "Terry Gourvish, the lead author if the authorised commercial history of BR, described the new BTC structure thus: \"The conclusion must be that the combination of a few undynamic railwaymen, underpaid full-timers (Commission and General Staff) and poorly-paid part-time businessmen was not a very potent managerial cocktail.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Getting too little financial compensation for one's work."
      ],
      "id": "en-underpaid-en-adj-xRxsorFw",
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
          "word": "onderbetaald"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
          "word": "alipalkattu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
          "word": "alipalkkainen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
          "word": "sous-payé"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
          "word": "mal payé"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
          "word": "schlechtbezahlt"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kakopliroménos",
          "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
          "word": "κακοπληρωμένος"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
          "word": "sottopagato"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
          "word": "fo-eckit"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
          "word": "underbetald"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "underpaid"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "overpaid"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "under",
        "3": "paid"
      },
      "expansion": "under- + paid",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "under- + paid",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more underpaid",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most underpaid",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "underpaid (comparative more underpaid, superlative most underpaid)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English lemmas",
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪd",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪd/3 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I am underpaid and overworked.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, page 38",
          "text": "Terry Gourvish, the lead author if the authorised commercial history of BR, described the new BTC structure thus: \"The conclusion must be that the combination of a few undynamic railwaymen, underpaid full-timers (Commission and General Staff) and poorly-paid part-time businessmen was not a very potent managerial cocktail.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Getting too little financial compensation for one's work."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪd"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
      "word": "onderbetaald"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
      "word": "alipalkattu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
      "word": "alipalkkainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
      "word": "sous-payé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
      "word": "mal payé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
      "word": "schlechtbezahlt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kakopliroménos",
      "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
      "word": "κακοπληρωμένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
      "word": "sottopagato"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
      "word": "fo-eckit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "getting too little financial compensation for one's work",
      "word": "underbetald"
    }
  ],
  "word": "underpaid"
}