uncompensated

adjective

un·​com·​pen·​sat·​ed ˌən-ˈkäm-pən-ˌsā-təd 

-ˌpen-

1

: not providing or provided with monetary compensation : not paid or compensated

uncompensated medical care/costs

uncompensated workers

… many thousands of our countrymen devote their rosy prime to the harsh and uncompensated work of writing poetry …

—Marilynne Robinson

2

a

: not corrected or affected by physiological compensation see compensation sense 1b

uncompensated congestive heart failure

b

: accompanied by a change in the pH of the blood

uncompensated acidosis

Examples of uncompensated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But for smaller hospitals, the flexibility to provide that uncompensated care isn’t there. —Meg Cunningham, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025

This could have dire implications for their health, especially for those with chronic conditions like hypertension or diabetes, and also increase the burden of uncompensated care on health systems. —Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025

Strain public health infrastructure, escalating ER use and hospital uncompensated care burdens. —Dr. Howard A. Selinger, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025

While this would be palatable in the very short term for the Warriors, the risk of his uncompensated departure a year from now likely incentivizes Golden State to keep this option off the table. —John Hollinger, New York Times, 19 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for uncompensated

• abbreviated
• accelerated
• accentuated
• accommodated
• acculturated
• accumulated
• acidulated
• adjudicated
• administrated
• adulterated
• affiliated
• agglomerated

Medical Definition

uncompensated

adjective

un·​com·​pen·​sat·​ed -ˈkäm-pən-ˌsāt-əd, -ˌpen- 

1

: accompanied by a change in the pH of the blood

uncompensated acidosis

uncompensated alkalosis

compare compensated

2

: not corrected or affected by physiological compensation

uncompensated congestive heart failure