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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Credit card interest also compounds, which means that an unpaid debt balance can quickly grow from hundreds to thousands of dollars.
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Mike Winters, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
The New York Times reports that de Moraes has blocked Starlink from making Brazilian transactions while the court seeks to collect $3 million in unpaid fines by X.
—Richard Lawler, The Verge, 2 Sep. 2024
In 2013, three Peruvian workers sued the company and its operators for unpaid minimum wages and contract damages, saying they were not reimbursed for travel to and from the United States.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
Justice reiterated his answer, regardless of allegations concerning his family businesses’s debts and unpaid mining fines of reportedly more than $300 million becoming a campaign issue.
—Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Aug. 2024
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Mike Winters, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
The New York Times reports that de Moraes has blocked Starlink from making Brazilian transactions while the court seeks to collect $3 million in unpaid fines by X.
—Richard Lawler, The Verge, 2 Sep. 2024
In 2013, three Peruvian workers sued the company and its operators for unpaid minimum wages and contract damages, saying they were not reimbursed for travel to and from the United States.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024
Justice reiterated his answer, regardless of allegations concerning his family businesses’s debts and unpaid mining fines of reportedly more than $300 million becoming a campaign issue.
—Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Aug. 2024
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“Unpaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpaid. Accessed 13 Sep. 2024.
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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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