1
: not paid
an unpaid volunteer
2
: not paying a salary
an unpaid position
Examples of unpaid in a Sentence
I have a pile of unpaid bills sitting on my desk.
The city is trying to collect unpaid taxes.
She took three months of unpaid leave from her job.
I served as an unpaid consultant on the project.
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Many programs require several years of full-time professional experience—experience often gained through unpaid internships or early-career jobs only accessible to those with financial safety nets.
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Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
And for many women, that looks like a double shift of paid and unpaid work, researchers found.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Alternatively, the attorneys union’s stretch of unpaid leave will last for 16 months while the engineers and correctional officers’ personal leave program would last for two years, if union members and the Legislature approve those tentative agreements.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
Others had unpaid parking and speeding tickets that didn't belong to them recorded on their driver’s licenses, Cerdan said.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 26 June 2025
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Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
And for many women, that looks like a double shift of paid and unpaid work, researchers found.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Alternatively, the attorneys union’s stretch of unpaid leave will last for 16 months while the engineers and correctional officers’ personal leave program would last for two years, if union members and the Legislature approve those tentative agreements.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
Others had unpaid parking and speeding tickets that didn't belong to them recorded on their driver’s licenses, Cerdan said.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 26 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for unpaid
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“Unpaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpaid. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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unpaid
adjective
un·paid
ˌən-ˈpād 
1
: not paid
an unpaid volunteer
2
: not paying a salary
an unpaid position
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