Word: underpaid
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: un
der
paid
Definition: getting too little financial compensation for one's work
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: pay
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Pertaining to or requiring payment.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: picare
Language: la
Decoded: picare
Meaning: to pitch
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: As an extension of the above, when used along with an adjective preceding the noun, describes something that has an object of a particular quality.