uncompensated

adjective

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

, -ˌpen- \

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

Examples of uncompensated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hospitals' uncompensated care money is depleted, and more people go into medical bankruptcy. — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, "Thousands of Arizonans may qualify for subsidized 2021 Affordable Care Act insurance, experts say," 3 Nov. 2020 Hospitals' uncompensated care money is depleted, and more people go into medical bankruptcy. — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, "Thousands of Arizonans may qualify for subsidized 2021 Affordable Care Act insurance, experts say," 3 Nov. 2020 Notably, the post did not address the songwriters who continue to go uncompensated by the service due to its disregard for the value of their work. — David Israelite, Billboard, "NMPA CEO: Twitch Harms Everyone By Refusing to License Music (Guest Op-Ed)," 2 Dec. 2020 Hospitals' uncompensated care money is depleted, and more people go into medical bankruptcy. — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, "Thousands of Arizonans may qualify for subsidized 2021 Affordable Care Act insurance, experts say," 3 Nov. 2020 Hospitals' uncompensated care money is depleted, and more people go into medical bankruptcy. — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, "Thousands of Arizonans may qualify for subsidized 2021 Affordable Care Act insurance, experts say," 3 Nov. 2020 Hospitals' uncompensated care money is depleted, and more people go into medical bankruptcy. — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, "Thousands of Arizonans may qualify for subsidized 2021 Affordable Care Act insurance, experts say," 3 Nov. 2020 Hospitals made up for this uncompensated care by increasing prices for insured customers, which further jacked up premiums. — Barack Obama, The New Yorker, "A President Looks Back on His Toughest Fight," 26 Oct. 2020 Would reduce Medicare payments for graduate medical education, uncompensated care, and other uses; would impose self-sufficiency and work requirements for Medicaid recipients. — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, "What business needs from the 2020 election," 30 Sep. 2020

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