underwork
About 0.00 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To require too little work from; to work insufficiently.
- verb To work or operate in secret or clandestinely.
- verb To do less work than necessary (on).
to underwork a painting
- verb To do work for inadequate payment.
- verb To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine.
- verb To do similar work for a lesser price than; to undercut.
One mason may underwork another.
- noun Subordinate work; petty business.
- noun An underneath structure, for example for physical support
the underwork of a road
Similar words
underload underburden underexercise underresource understaff underapply underserve work undertrain underfunction
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