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Synonyms
outstanding, overdue, owed, owing, payable, unsettled
Antonyms
cleared, liquidated, paid (off or up), repaid, settled
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Couto reported a salary of $17,600 and the other directors were unpaid. — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, "What we know about the group that exposed the Fair Oak Farms animal abuse," 5 June 2019 Photo: Getty The IRS is scheduled to open the individual income tax filing season on Monday, and the end of the shutdown should stem absences the IRS was struggling with when workers were unpaid. — Kate Davidson, WSJ, "Returning Government Workers Likely to Confront Glitches," 25 Jan. 2019 But my enthusiasm quickly turned to anxiety upon learning the internship was unpaid. — Audrey Henson, Vox, "Diversity on Capitol Hill starts with paying interns," 26 Dec. 2018 She was placed on unpaid leave on May 29 after she was arrested by federal officials. — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, "Denver sheriff’s deputy indicted on federal drug possession charges, placed on unpaid leave while agency investigates," 3 June 2019 About 800,000 employees in the affected agencies are either deemed essential and working without pay or are on unpaid leave. — Andrew Duehren, WSJ, "‘Washington Is Pretty Broken’: Shutdown Fight Rattles Freshman Lawmakers," 18 Jan. 2019 About 420,000 government employees are already working without pay, and 380,000 are on unpaid leave, according to earlier reporting by the Wall Street Journal. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Cardi B's Impassioned Government Shutdown Video Even Had Lawmakers Talking," 17 Jan. 2019 An Ohio school resource officer was placed on unpaid leave after activating a Taser to wake a sleeping student. — Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, "Ohio school resource officer used Taser to wake sleeping student: police," 6 Sep. 2018 Tuesday’s meeting included calls to fire Rosfeld, who Simon said remains on unpaid leave, according to the Tribune-Review. — Jameelah Nasheed, Teen Vogue, "Following Antwon Rose's Killing, East Pittsburgh Is Considering Dissolving Its Police Force," 22 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unpaid.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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