sweated
Americanadjective
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made by underpaid workers.
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underpaid and overworked.
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having poor working conditions.
adjective
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made by exploited labour
sweated goods
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(of workers, etc) forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
Other Word Forms
- unsweated adjective
Etymology
Origin of sweated
1645–55 for earlier sense “saturated with sweat”; 1880–85 sweated for def. 2; sweat + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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We sweated for two hours and sold onlythree cups of lemonade.
From Literature
Owen huffed and panted and sweated inside his clothes.
From Literature
"But," she continued, "I prefer to think of it as a life lived, a life survived, a life enjoyed, a life sweated, and a life carried on, hopefully."
From BBC
He sweated less, for what that was worth.
From Literature
He sweated profusely and looked as if he might be dehydrated.
From Los Angeles Times
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