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

Hospitals would receive about $4.6 billion less, and provide about $1.6 billion more in uncompensated care, according to the projections. —Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 22 June 2025

If Medicaid cuts come to fruition, health care leaders have testified that access will decline, the cost of uncompensated care will rise, and hospitals will not be able to reinvest in their facilities, staff and communities. —Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025

The cost of that uncompensated care doesn’t vanish. —Robert Pearl, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025

Failing to do so would drive up uncompensated care costs, shift more Floridians into public programs, and burden employers already grappling with rising costs. —Brewster Bevis, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 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