Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underwage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-wage
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unsufficient wage.

verb

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

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From under- + wage.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

underwages (plural) underwages (present, singular) underwaging (participle, present) underwaged (participle, past) underwaged (past)

Questions

What does underwage mean?
An unsufficient wage.
Where does underwage come from?
From under- + wage.

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