1
: not paid
an unpaid volunteer
2
: not paying a salary
an unpaid position
Examples of unpaid in a Sentence
I have a pile of unpaid bills sitting on my desk.
The city is trying to collect unpaid taxes.
She took three months of unpaid leave from her job.
I served as an unpaid consultant on the project.
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Whether owners can get a cap — either by persuasion through the fall and winter, or more likely by canceling games next spring so players go unpaid — remains to be seen.
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Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
The earlier one is a showcase for Aidy Bryant, but Keaton takes center stage in this kid’s-show sendup, where it’s gradually revealed that the magical world the childlike host has created for himself has sinister undertones (as well as unpaid bills).
—Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
The hard truth is that a community association can foreclose on a home for even a very small unpaid assessment, and the fees that pile on top almost always dwarf the original debt.
—Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2026
In February 2026, he was named in a civil suit alleging that associates of Diggs assaulted a man at a Miami cabaret over unpaid gifts.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
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Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
The earlier one is a showcase for Aidy Bryant, but Keaton takes center stage in this kid’s-show sendup, where it’s gradually revealed that the magical world the childlike host has created for himself has sinister undertones (as well as unpaid bills).
—Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
The hard truth is that a community association can foreclose on a home for even a very small unpaid assessment, and the fees that pile on top almost always dwarf the original debt.
—Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2026
In February 2026, he was named in a civil suit alleging that associates of Diggs assaulted a man at a Miami cabaret over unpaid gifts.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026
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“Unpaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpaid. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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unpaid
adjective
un·paid
ˌən-ˈpād 
1
: not paid
an unpaid volunteer
2
: not paying a salary
an unpaid position
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