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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Jaime had legal support from Cornell Law School’s Migration and Human Rights Program, where faculty and students devoted hundreds of unpaid hours to his defense—time that could have gone to helping others.
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Michelle Brané, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Scott was initially put on unpaid administrative duty following the incident.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
The commission would be made up of 21 unpaid members who each would serve three-year terms.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2025
In addition, her husband, who works in advertising, has had to take unpaid leave unDer the Family and Medical Leave Act to help care for Emmett.
—Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
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Michelle Brané, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Scott was initially put on unpaid administrative duty following the incident.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
The commission would be made up of 21 unpaid members who each would serve three-year terms.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2025
In addition, her husband, who works in advertising, has had to take unpaid leave unDer the Family and Medical Leave Act to help care for Emmett.
—Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 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 9 Dec. 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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