subminimum
adjective
sub·min·i·mum
ˌsəb-ˈmi-nə-məm 
variants
or sub-minimum
: having or providing less than a specified minimum
The ore shipment was rejected for subminimum uranium content …—
The New York Times
The New York Times… like most of the other early minimum wage laws, the Massachusetts law allowed for subminimum wages [=wages below a legally fixed minimum wage] for learners and children …—Clifford F. Thies
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These bills include proposals to raise kids’ wages above the subminimum wage, restrict working hours, and ban work in some hazardous environments.
—Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 1 July 2024
Forty-eight of her bills have passed, including those that require a review of every suspicious child death, ban subminimum wages for people with disabilities, and require the state to come up with a plan to deal with increasing cases of dementia.
—Jeffrey Collins, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2024
Seven other states, from California, Oregon, Washington and Nevada to Minnesota, Montana and Alaska, and places like Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Flagstaff, Arizona have passed the phaseout of the subminimum wage.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2024
The very idea of a subminimum wage is a racist holdover from the era of slavery.
—Adrian Boafo, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2024
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Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 1 July 2024
Forty-eight of her bills have passed, including those that require a review of every suspicious child death, ban subminimum wages for people with disabilities, and require the state to come up with a plan to deal with increasing cases of dementia.
—Jeffrey Collins, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2024
Seven other states, from California, Oregon, Washington and Nevada to Minnesota, Montana and Alaska, and places like Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Flagstaff, Arizona have passed the phaseout of the subminimum wage.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2024
The very idea of a subminimum wage is a racist holdover from the era of slavery.
—Adrian Boafo, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2024
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“Subminimum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subminimum. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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