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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Three weeks later, Tricolor placed more than 1,000 employees on unpaid leaves of absence and a month later the company filed for bankruptcy, according to the indictment.
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Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
The county later settled a lawsuit with Downs for $488,000 in unpaid severance.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 16 Dec. 2025
Dozens of liens citing unpaid bills were also filed in the Miami-Dade County Court.
—Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
If the estate doesn't cover everything, most unsecured debts simply go unpaid.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
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Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
The county later settled a lawsuit with Downs for $488,000 in unpaid severance.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 16 Dec. 2025
Dozens of liens citing unpaid bills were also filed in the Miami-Dade County Court.
—Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
If the estate doesn't cover everything, most unsecured debts simply go unpaid.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 16 Dec. 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 26 Dec. 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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