How to Use underpay in a Sentence

underpay

verb

• They are underpaid for the work they do.
• He realized that he had underpaid the cashier.
• She underpaid for her meal.
• The company underpays its workers.
• Wilson is 29, has two years left on his contract, and is underpaid by today's standards.
  — John Canzano, OregonLive.com, 1 June 2018
• These are not the first allegations that Trump has underpaid his workers.
  — Mckenna Moore, Fortune, 9 July 2018
• The proper response is to stop underpaying, not to further damage the program.
  — Harold Pollack, Slate Magazine, 26 June 2017
• But the investor sure goes out of his way to underpay himself for shareholders' benefit.
  — Tae Kim, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2018
• These are resources that can be used to pay for health care or they can be used to provide corporate welfare for folks who are underpaying their workers.
  — Seamus Kirst, Teen Vogue, 6 Sep. 2019
• There’s been a lot of talk of producers being taken advantage of by labels and artists who are underpaying them.
  — Nerisha Penrose, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2018
• Because the way that the NFL treats cheerleaders, uses them, profits off them, controls them, underpays them and — it’s been reported this week — pimps them out isn’t something of this era or this world.
  — Washington Post, 5 May 2018
• Above: See which Houston jobs are underpaying workers when compared to other U.S. cities.
  — Fernando Ramirez, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
• In 2014, California enacted a law that puts companies on the hook for temp workers who are ripped off or underpaid by their agencies.
  — Jake Heller, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2017
• The union has filed a wage theft complaint with the Connecticut Department of Labor, alleging that workers have been underpaid under state law.
  — courant.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• These are modern women unlikely to let a boss underpay them or an unsolicited flirt pester them.
  — Meredith Maran, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
• Without a higher wage floor, companies can legally get away with underpaying employees to the point that full-time workers struggle to afford food and rent.
  — Bryce Covert, The New Republic, 18 July 2019
• But an audit in 2019 revealed that the company was underpaying all of the other participants.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2023
• And Maximus has also been accused of underpaying workers in Idaho and Kansas.
  — NBC News, 16 Apr. 2020
• Some had enough control over local labor markets before the increase to underpay workers; those will absorb the higher wage in their profit margins.
  — Greg Ip, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2021
• Or as in the magical theme park, Disneyland, which substantially underpays some of its workers.
  — The Conversation, oregonlive, 5 Nov. 2019
• Meanwhile, other Twitter users pointed to the hypocrisy of the chain celebrating women’s day while continuing to underpay its staff.
  — Natasha Bach, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2018
• And even when a brand is not, for instance, underpaying garment workers in Bangladesh, consumers are putting pressure on companies to be political.
  — Eric Johnson, Recode, 20 Sep. 2018
• As a result, investors will underpay for a quality company that will continue to grow its intrinsic worth over time.
  — Jonathan Dash, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
• In a world where teachers are overworked, time stretched and often underpaid the helping hand online materials provide can add some breathing room in the classroom and in their personal budgets.
  — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 1 July 2019
• From a rational standpoint, the value of a first-round pick is that rookie-scale contracts mean first-rounders are typically underpaid, so to be worth giving one up in return, a player should be underpaid, as well.
  — Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2019
• Some Guyanese residents worry that Cubans are being underpaid at workplaces and exploited.
  — Doreen Hemlock, miamiherald, 28 June 2018
• Just this week, the Chicago suburb of Harvey, a city with a history of underpaying its pension obligations, announced deep layoffs in its police and fire departments.
  — Geoff Mulvihill, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2018
• Apple's factory is accused of underpaying workers and forcing them to work in harsh conditions.
  — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2019
• Mylan had repeatedly denied underpaying the rebates, but then agreed to a settlement with the Justice Department to resolve such claims, and also agreed to treat EpiPen as a brand-name product this year for the purpose of rebates.
  — Dan Mangan, NBC News, 31 May 2017
• To pay for their plan, Democrats are calling for tax hikes on corporations and the wealthiest earners, as well as beefing up the IRS in order to generate more revenue by cracking down on people who cheat or underpay on their taxes.
  — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024