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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 2596530" data-attributes="member: 5100">No.  Saying that their salaries are unrespectable is, though.  As your use of salary as a measure shows, people often place considerable pride in their salary.  What you say about the "respectability" of their salary has an implication (whether you intended it or not) on what you are saying about the respectability of the people.To put it differently, the word "underpaid" implies that the people have more value than they are receiving wage for.  The words "not respectable salary" carry a connotation of lack of respect for the people, themselves.  It's not a direct insult, but your choice of words definitely set the stage for an implied insult.  This should not have to be explained.</blockquote>