Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To earn less than.

  2. (intransitive)To earn less than might be expected.

    Those who underearn should avoid overspending.

Origin

From under- + earn.

From under- + earn.

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Forms

underearns, underearning, underearned, underearned
Base formunderearn · to underearn
3rd person singularunderearns
Present participleunderearning
Past simpleunderearned
Past participleunderearned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunderearn
he, she, itunderearns

Past simpleLesson

all personsunderearned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave underearned
he, she, ithas underearned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill underearn

Word family

1 related words
Derivedunderearner

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
undercutunderdevelopunderdogunderestimateB2underfoot
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