Definitions For Underwork

Noun

UNDERWORK (uncountable) Subordinate work; petty business. : the underwork of the nation

Verb

{{en-verb}} (transitive) To require too little work from; to work insufficiently. (intransitive, obsolete) To work or operate in secret or clandestinely. : (Ben Jonson) (ambitransitive) To do less work than necessary (on). : to underwork a painting : (Dryden) (intransitive) To do work for inadequate payment. (transitive) To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine. (transitive) To do similar work for a lesser price than; to undercut. : One mason may underwork another.

Etymology

under + work

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