UNCOMPENSATED Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

uncompensated

adjective

Definition of uncompensated

as in unpaid

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Recent Examples of uncompensated The National Association of Community Health Centers estimates that HR 1 will lead to 1,800 community health center closures across the country and will cost community health centers around $7 billion a year in uncompensated care. — Alana Semuels, Time, 1 July 2026 Only Hennepin County Medical Center provided more uncompensated care among the top ten providers of uncompensated care in 2024, according to the state Department of Health. — Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 4 May 2026 There is also funding earmarked to cover uncompensated care for providers and rural emergency medical services. — Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026 However, investors are worried fewer patients will seek care as Affordable Care Act subsidies phase out, or uncompensated care costs will rise. — Christina Cheddar Berk,davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for uncompensated

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Adjective

The unpaid bills that Marshall sought to collect ranged from several thousand dollars to $101, according to the report.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026
The former mayor’s lawyer and longtime confidant Bob Costello, who’s trying to help him get his law licenses back — and whose firm sued him in 2023 for $1 million in unpaid legal bills — came to Giuliani’s defense.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of unpaid

Adjective

Years later, on June 15, 2025, Glover returned to Cal Poly to accept an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the College of Engineering.

— Noe Padilla, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
The Pro Football Hall of Famer has been invited by Mississippi Valley State to attend the game as an honorary captain.

— Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of honorary

Adjective

Colonizers call it voluntary emigration, but there is nothing voluntary about fleeing after your home has been bombed, your fields poisoned, your water cut off and your child buried.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
The News More than two dozen organizations from both the left and right are urging the White House to publicly release its voluntary AI security framework, per a letter shared first with Semafor.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of voluntary

Adjective

And despite that thinner cushion, betting households posted stronger card-spending growth in July than non-betting households, in both discretionary and necessity categories.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
Extra costs might also be discretionary; having more free time might mean spending more traveling, dining out or other leisure activities.

— Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of discretionary

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