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adjective un·paid \ ˌən-ˈpād \

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.

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For that, Burfict gets a five-game unpaid holiday, pending his appeal.

— paul daugherty, Cincinnati.com, "Doc on suspension of Bengals' Burfict: Make the law clear," 29 Aug. 2017
Many doctors and civil servants have gone unpaid for more than a year.

— troy griggs, The Seattle Times, "Yemen spiraling in slow death from humanitarian crisis," 24 Aug. 2017
Hegele was placed on unpaid leave in September 2016.

— kate irby, miamiherald, "Deputy smashes into a Smart car at 104 mph, newly released dashcam video shows," 17 Aug. 2017
The association also hosts support groups for unpaid care partners, family members and friends of individuals living with Alzheimer's and other dementia.

— Post-Tribune, "Community calendar," 11 Aug. 2017
On Tuesday, School Superintendent Maureen Brummett said the district has paid vendors whose invoices went unpaid because of the embezzlement scheme.

— christine dempsey, courant.com, "Plainville Police: Former School Worker Stole More Than $40,000," 9 Aug. 2017
Authorities can seize property for small unpaid debts, sell it for a high price, and keep all the money.

— christina martin, National Review, "Michigan Turns Foreclosure into a Government Self-Enrichment Machine," 1 Aug. 2017
In May, The Masonry Center, a Boise company, sued Performance Systems Inc. and Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. for $113,000 worth of materials that went unpaid.

— john sowell, idahostatesman, "He won a national small-business award. Now his company is defaulting on projects.," 31 July 2017
Lacking the funds to hire a lawyer, Bailey represented himself in tax court in 2012 to contest the IRS’s demand for more than $4 million in unpaid taxes.

— andrew goldman, Town & Country, "The Rise and Fall of F. Lee Bailey, the Lawyer Who Set O.J. Simpson Free," 17 July 2017

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First Known Use of unpaid

14th century

unpaid Synonyms

Synonyms

overdue, owed, owing, payable, outstanding, unsettled

Antonyms

cleared, liquidated, paid (off or up), repaid, settled

Related Words

due, mature

Near Antonyms

prepaid

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Definition of unpaid for English Language Learners

: needing to be paid
: done or taken without payment
: not receiving money for work that is done

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adjective un·paid \ ˌən-ˈpād \

Definition of unpaid for Students

:not paid

unpaid bills

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