low-paid
/ˌləʊ ˈpeɪd/adjective
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कम वेतन वाला
Core word
- 1
earning or providing very little money
कम वेतन वाला
- Low-paid workers struggle with rising prices.
- She took a low-paid job to gain experience.
- Many low-paid workers in the city live in shared rooms.
+ 2 more examples
- Nursing can be a rewarding but low-paid profession.
- The union is asking for better pay for low-paid staff.
Synonyms underpaid badly paid
Opposite well paid highly paid
§Structures (grammar patterns) 3
low-paid + noun
Placed before a noun, usually job, worker or work, to describe low earnings.
Job, worker या work जैसे noun के पहले आकर कम कमाई का वर्णन करता है।
- Teaching can be a low-paid job in small private schools.
- Low-paid workers need better protection.
the low-paid
With 'the', it names a group: people who earn little.
'The' के साथ यह कम कमाने वाले लोगों के समूह को बताता है।
- The budget gave tax relief to the low-paid.
be low-paid
After be, it says that someone's work or occupation earns little.
'Be' के बाद यह बताता है कि किसी का काम कम आय देता है।
- Many care workers are low-paid and overworked.
+Collocations 4
low-paid + noun
jobworkerworkemployeesectorlabour
- A low-paid job may still teach you valuable skills.
adverb + low-paid
verypoorlynotoriouslyrelativelychronically
- Home tutoring is notoriously low-paid in some towns.
verb + low-paid
employsupportprotecthelpexploit
- The scheme helps low-paid workers open savings accounts.
low-paid + and + adjective
low-paid and insecurelow-paid and tiringlow-paid but rewarding
- The work was low-paid but rewarding.
“More examples 5
- Many low-paid workers walk long distances to reach their factories.
कई कम वेतन वाले श्रमिक अपनी फैक्ट्रियों तक लंबी दूरी पैदल चलते हैं।
- The union demanded a raise for the low-paid staff of the hospital.
यूनियन ने अस्पताल के कम वेतन वाले कर्मचारियों के लिए वेतन वृद्धि माँगी।
- Her first job was low-paid, but she saved for her exam fee.
उसकी पहली नौकरी कम वेतन की थी, पर उसने परीक्षा शुल्क के लिए बचत की।
- Low-paid jobs in the gig economy offer little security.
gig economy की कम वेतन वाली नौकरियाँ बहुत कम सुरक्षा देती हैं।
- The minimum wage law was passed to help the low-paid.
न्यूनतम मजदूरी कानून कम वेतन वालों की मदद के लिए पारित किया गया।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He works in a low pay job.
✓ He works in a low-paid job.
Use the participle adjective low-paid before a noun, not the noun pay.
Noun के पहले participle adjective 'low-paid' आता है, noun 'pay' नहीं।
✗ The low-paids need support.
✓ The low-paid need support.
When 'the' + adjective names a group, the adjective takes no -s.
जब 'the' + adjective किसी समूह को बताए, तब adjective में -s नहीं लगता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These describe jobs or people with small earnings, but with different emphasis.
ये कम कमाई वाले काम या लोगों को बताते हैं, पर जोर अलग है।
Describes a job or worker earning little money.
कम धन कमाने वाले काम या श्रमिक का वर्णन करता है।
- A low-paid clerk supports four people.
Paid less than the work is worth, which suggests unfairness.
काम के मूल्य से कम वेतन पाने वाला, जिससे अन्याय का संकेत मिलता है।
- The underpaid nurses went on strike.
Having little money in general, not only from a job.
सामान्य रूप से कम धन वाला, केवल नौकरी से नहीं।
- A poor family may still value education.