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Mispaid vs Underpaid - What's the difference?

mispaid | underpaid |

As a verb mispaid

is past tense of mispay.

As an adjective underpaid is

getting too little financial compensation for one's work.

mispaid

English

Verb

(head)
  • (mispay)

    • mispay

    English

    Verb

  • To pay incorrectly, or to the wrong person.
  • (obsolete) To dissatisfy.

    • Related terms

    * mispayment (Webster 1913)

    underpaid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • getting too little financial compensation for one's work
    • I am underpaid and overworked.

    Antonyms

    * overpaid