underearn
pennies on the dollar
underget
slave wage
undermargin
make-work job
scratch a living
underdo
underrate
lessen
inexpediency
underearner
peanuts
underimpress
strapped for money
low-paid
underpay
strapped for cash
cash-starved
underbuy
subefficacious
oofless
poorness
blue circle rate
subceed
lessness
starvation wage
shrinking
sell short
sucker bet
Lazarus layer
go off the boil
underbudget
underpaid
undercut
slim pickings
undersell
cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
wanting
underlive
working poor
low water
lowering
disvalue
underprovision
impecunity
third-rate
underweight
drop away
lesserness