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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Maria’s childhood is over, early, replaced with unpaid servitude.
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Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Does Connor Pardoe have a bunch of unpaid parking tickets or something?
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
School board races are nonpartisan, and being a school board member is an unpaid position.
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
Kansas authorities notified Washington state officials after the individual in Kansas was questioned about unpaid taxes on income earned elsewhere, leading to further investigation.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2024
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Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Does Connor Pardoe have a bunch of unpaid parking tickets or something?
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
School board races are nonpartisan, and being a school board member is an unpaid position.
—Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
Kansas authorities notified Washington state officials after the individual in Kansas was questioned about unpaid taxes on income earned elsewhere, leading to further investigation.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2024
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 11 Oct. 2024.
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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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