unpaid

adjective un·paid \ ˌən-ˈpād \

Updated on: 13 Apr 2018

Definition of unpaid

1 : not paid

an unpaid volunteer

2 : not paying a salary

an unpaid position

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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 of unpaid from the Web

Earlier this month, Budish placed Rourke and Emily McNeeley, IT's general counsel and director of special initiatives, on unpaid leave in response to public corruption investigators naming the two in subpoenas.

— karen farkas, cleveland.com, "Cuyahoga County transfers director overseeing delayed implementation of IT system," 10 Apr. 2018
Among the officials who faced consequences for resisting such spending was EPA Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Kevin Chmielewski, a former Trump campaign staffer who was placed on unpaid administrative leave this year.

— CBS News, "EPA spent millions on security for embattled chief Scott Pruitt: Report," 7 Apr. 2018
The state’s top 100 toll evaders each have more than $21,000 in unpaid tolls and fees.

— scott calvert, WSJ, "Toll Roads So Tough, Naughty Drivers Are Felons," 6 Apr. 2018
Crowdsource is not the first time Google has solicited unpaid help gathering more data.

— tom simonite, WIRED, "Google Turns to Users to Improve Its AI Chops Outside the US," 5 Apr. 2018
Isgur set the value of the network's affiliation agreement with Comcast at $54.3 million and then subtracted from that the unpaid rights fees.

— david barron, Houston Chronicle, "Astros, Leslie Alexander could owe Comcast $54 million or more," 2 Apr. 2018
That Friday, Pennington was placed on an unpaid leave of absence.

— james pilcher, Cincinnati.com, "How sexual harassment starts on campus: One student's story," 2 Apr. 2018
After formal charges are filed, the Board of Public Safety will decide if administrative leave is warranted, and whether that leave will be paid or unpaid.

— Indianapolis Star, "Bloomington fire captain arrested for sexual misconduct with minor, child solicitation," 31 Mar. 2018
Surely someone will make an honest mistake, and a ticket could be advanced to warranting after registering unpaid, or a warrant could wind up assigned to the wrong person.

— ian bogost, The Atlantic, "Atlanta's Boring Ransomware Attack," 28 Mar. 2018

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