underwage

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noun

An unsufficient wage.

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Meanings

noununderwage (plural underwages)

plural underwages

  1. An unsufficient wage.

    The underwage is theft because it means insufficient food and clothing, unhealthy dwellings, inadequate leisure and recreation.

    1921, Free Synagogue Pulpit, volume 6, page 41
verbunderwage (third-person singular simple present underwages, present participle underwaging, simple past and past participle underwaged)

present singular third person underwages · participle present underwaging · participle past underwaged · past underwaged

  1. transitiveTo pay too small a wage to (a person); to underpay.

Origin

From under- + wage.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

unwagered
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APA

underwage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underwage

MLA

“underwage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underwage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underwage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underwage.

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