The Collaborative International Dictionary
Underwork \Un`der*work"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Underworkedor Underwrought; p. pr. & vb. n. Underworking.]
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To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine.
But thou from loving England art so far, That thou hast underwrought his lawful king.
--Shak. To expend too little work upon; as, to underwork a painting.
--Dryden.To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another.
Wiktionary
a. A state of ineffective utilization.
Usage examples of "underworked".
Sharpe had always expressed a combat soldier's scorn for most staff officers, believing that such arrogant creatures were overpaid and underworked, but as Sharpe discovered the problems of organizing a brigade, so he learned that it was his job, rather than Nairn's, to solve those problems.
Nevertheless, by the time the brothers stopped for the night, Tarl's arms, shoulders, and back ached from the repeated use of previously underworked muscles.
In the space of twenty-four hours, the smallest, most underworked staff on the Hill became the most frenzied.
At the third address I happened on an underworked twenty-year-old who ran pale long fingers through clean shoulder-length curls while he looked with interest at my offering.