unsalaried

adjective

un·​sal·​a·​ried

ˌən-ˈsal-rēd, 

-ˈsa-lə- 

1

: not paid a salary

unsalaried employees

an unsalaried volunteer

2

: not calling for the payment of a salary

an unsalaried position

unsalaried work

Examples of unsalaried in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Yet another 538 million people – rural residents, including migrants and unsalaried urban workers – qualify for a far less generous plan that in 2023 paid about 223 yuan, or $32 a month. — Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2026

The local firefighters are largely ill-equipped and unsalaried. — Kristin Deasy, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025

The five unsalaried seats on the commission were seen as symbolic rewards for civilians the mayor favored, like a local version of an ambassadorship. — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023

Maybe during the next debate over whether unsalaried players should be allowed to transfer without sitting out. — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 20 Apr. 2021

Ukeles’s work as artist-in-residence at the New York City Sanitation Department, an unsalaried position, not only illuminates the unheralded heroism of maintenance workers but also their technical acuity. — Anne Quito, Quartz at Work, 11 Sep. 2020

With other leagues judging football unsafe without control of COVID-19, plowing ahead can only heighten the perception that administrators are more interested in money than in the welfare of unsalaried students. — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 11 Aug. 2020

New Mexico runs the only unsalaried legislature in the nation, though members receive a $162 daily stipend during sessions and reimbursement for some travel expenses. — USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2020

With two parents in unsalaried positions, 5-year-old Shark is learning to understand the nuances and unpredictability that come with self-employment. — Meg St-Esprit, chicagotribune.com, 4 Nov. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for unsalaried

• salaried