Definition of uncompensated
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
2a
: 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
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The first known use of uncompensated was in 1775
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