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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Prospect owed tens of millions of dollars in local property taxes and more than $120 million to the state for unpaid provider taxes.
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
With his partner Nick Pihakis, Scott franchised out a few locations of his restaurant across the Southeastern US, but sadly news broke this week that the restaurants are facing multiple lawsuits for unpaid bills and loans.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 May 2026
But the unpaid bills kept accumulating, and no new accounts were made.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Long before the restaurant property was put up for sale, the business and the real estate had racked up $60,000 in county property taxes and $130,000 in other tax liens, including $103,000 in unpaid sales tax owed to the state of California for the past several years.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
With his partner Nick Pihakis, Scott franchised out a few locations of his restaurant across the Southeastern US, but sadly news broke this week that the restaurants are facing multiple lawsuits for unpaid bills and loans.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 May 2026
But the unpaid bills kept accumulating, and no new accounts were made.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Long before the restaurant property was put up for sale, the business and the real estate had racked up $60,000 in county property taxes and $130,000 in other tax liens, including $103,000 in unpaid sales tax owed to the state of California for the past several years.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
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“Unpaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpaid. Accessed 12 May. 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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