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

Metro Denver hospitals reported that uncompensated care was up to start 2025, though the severity of the hit varied. —Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025

By contrast, the county paid $251,000 for its fire contract for 2025, up from $155,000 in 2024 due to the contract formally accounting for LOFSVFF’s ambulance service to the district, which had gone uncompensated until this year. —Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025

Jeff Zients, Biden’s chief of staff and one of the richest members of his administration, was also brought in as an uncompensated SGE ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. —Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 14 Aug. 2025

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