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underwork

noun

Meaning

  1. Subordinate work; petty business.
  2. To require too little work from; to work insufficiently.
  3. To work or operate in secret or clandestinely.
  4. To do less work than necessary (on).
  5. To do work for inadequate payment.
  6. To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine.
  7. To do similar work for a lesser price than; to undercut.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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