not having enough work to do, or not having been given enough work
There was a stereotype at the time that factory workers were overpaid and underworked. 当时有一种刻板印象，认为工厂工人工资过高而工作不足。
Many of the bank's provincial offices are fully staffed with bored and underworked employees.该银行的许多省级办事处都充斥着无聊和工作量过低的员工。
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Injury-prone and underworked sports stars are widely perceived by the public as being overpaid.
I'm tired of listening to people claiming that public sector workers are overpaid and underworked.
I can speak for most people when I say that we can only hope to receive the wage increases that our overpaid underworked city politicians seem to receive.
The goalkeeper was underworked for most of the game.