superrewarded

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ rewarded.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

superrewarded (comparative more superrewarded, superlative most superrewarded)

1. (rare) Given an excessive reward.
   • 1621, Francis Bacon, letter to the King

     superrewarded by your Majestie's benefits which you heaped upon me

   • 1979, Steve S. K. Chin, Modernization in China, page 26:

     Consequently , it is this same group who stand to be rewarded or super-rewarded for their accumulation and investment .

   • 2009 June, John W.Mayo, Catherine H.Tinsley, “Warm glow and charitable giving: Why the wealthy do not give more to charity?”, in Journal of Economic Psychology, volume 30, number 3:

     To the degree that unrewarded effort provides the basis for ω, ε B > 0 will decrease warm glow toward B for any given level of effort exerted by B. Specifically, it may be thought by A to be the source of “superrewarded” effort for B, thus dampening the degree of warm glow toward B.