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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Without automation, accounting teams can drown in reconciliations, and unpaid services slip through the cracks.
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Hans Kristian Aas, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
This means that interest is charged each month on whatever amount is left unpaid.
—Mary Luquette, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
After the city flooded, no one knew when schools would reopen, and the district placed its 7,500 employees, including about 4,300 teachers, on unpaid leave.
—Aubri Juhasz, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Lawsuits filed for overall consumer debt, including debt from unpaid medical bills, auto loans and credit cards, are also increasing — not just in Minnesota, but across the country.
—Molly Castle Work, Twin Cities, 8 Sep. 2025
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Hans Kristian Aas, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
This means that interest is charged each month on whatever amount is left unpaid.
—Mary Luquette, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
After the city flooded, no one knew when schools would reopen, and the district placed its 7,500 employees, including about 4,300 teachers, on unpaid leave.
—Aubri Juhasz, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Lawsuits filed for overall consumer debt, including debt from unpaid medical bills, auto loans and credit cards, are also increasing — not just in Minnesota, but across the country.
—Molly Castle Work, Twin Cities, 8 Sep. 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 17 Sep. 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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