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overpaid

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++o·ver·paid /ˌəʊvəˈpeɪd $ ˌoʊvər-/ adjective  given more money for a job than you deserve 多付了钱的,多给了报酬的 OPP underpaid grossly overpaid football players 收入高得离谱的足球运动员
Examples from the Corpus
overpaidAnd printers, who generally regard journalists as overpaid amateurs, are not likely to give up their position without a fight.overpaid athletesA general right of recovery of overpaid tax could not incorporate any such restriction.
From Longman Business Dictionaryoverpaido‧ver‧paid /ˌəʊvəˈpeɪd◂ˌoʊvər-/ adjectiveHUMAN RESOURCES if someone is overpaid, they are paid too much for the job they doMany CEOs are overpaid and underworked bureaucrats.
o·ver·paid adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus job for Business than more deserve a you money given


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overpaid
overpaid /ˌəʊvəˈpeɪd $ ˌoʊvər-/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: pay, payment, repayment, payer, payee; verb: pay, repay, underpayoverpay; adjective: paid ≠ unpaid, underpaidoverpaid, payable
given more money for a job than you deserve
   OPP  underpaid:
    grossly overpaid football players