to underwork

Examples

• All

• Even the classics can be studied without the assistance of an overpaid, underworked "professor" to guide you.

  Blog text (9)

• Professors are thought to be underworked and overpaid.

  Academic text (1994)

• Government employees are all still overcompensated and underworked.

  Blog text (31)

• "And to anyone who seriously believes that teachers are underworked and overpaid:

  Blog text (8)

• They are underworked and overpaid, and they are bankrupting the nation with their wages, benefits, and pensions. Govern least, govern best.

  Blog text (28)

• Don't try to make the argument that teaching is somehow the one profession in the history of the universe that (a) can't attract top people despite (b) overpaying and underworking them.

  Blog text (8)

• I realized I was being underworked and needed to take on more responsibilities.

• After a busy week, she felt underworked and was eager for new challenges.

• He complained that he was underworked and had too much free time on his hands.

Synonyms

U

to underperform

vsto underwork

20 5.3

To do worse than expected or needed

is about reduced amount of work rather than lower performance quality

U

to underachieve

vsto underwork

1 5.5

Do less well than expected or than they can

focuses on reduced work amount rather than lower success or potential

U

to underdo

vsto underwork

1 6.1

To do less than is needed for a task

refers to doing less across work generally rather than one task

Antonyms

O

to overwork

15 4.1

To make someone work too much so they become very tired or ill

How Much

to underwork

1 5.6

to idle

1 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology