sweated

[ swet-id ]

adjective

1. made by underpaid workers.
2. underpaid and overworked.
3. having poor working conditions.

sweated

/ ˈswɛtɪd /

adjective

1. made by exploited labour

   sweated goods

2. (of workers, etc) forced to work in poor conditions for low pay

Other Words From

• un·sweated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sweated¹

1645–55 for earlier sense “saturated with sweat”; 1880–85 sweated fordef 2; sweat + -ed ²

Example Sentences

O’Malley saw it as an appealing location to build a baseball stadium, worked a sweetheart deal with the city and sweated out a referendum on the June 3, 1958, ballot that narrowly passed.

From Los Angeles Times

I sweated out the 24 hours it took to arrive from Amazon.

From Salon

Democrats have sweated the electoral consequences of being seen as insufficiently pro-Israel since before it was even a country.

From Los Angeles Times

On the ship, the men slept four to a room in wooden bunk beds, each with one blanket on foam mattresses made soggy by walls that sweated with condensation.

From Los Angeles Times

The IRS has already sweated $122 million out of 100 wealthy taxpayers, the agency announced Friday, celebrating early returns in the Biden administration’s campaign to make the rich pay what they owe to Uncle Sam.

From Washington Times