UNCOMPENSATED Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

uncompensated

adjective

Definition of uncompensated

as in unpaid

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Recent Examples of uncompensated 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 Expanding affordable health insurance coverage would go a long way to address uncompensated care, and investments in regional care networks could help rural health care facilities share resources. — Daniel R. George, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026 Also important to administrators was an agreement to place boundaries on the potentially unlimited, uncompensated work expectations that accompany the job of principal and assistant principal. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for uncompensated

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Last summer, flight attendants at Air Canada, the country’s largest carrier, stranded more than 100,000 travelers during peak travel season with a strike partly over the same issue of unpaid groundwork.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
West Suburban and Weiss closed owing the state more than $104 million in advance payments as well as unpaid hospital assessment taxes and penalties.

— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of unpaid

Adjective

On the popular street of Orange Grove in San Fernando where crowds line up during Halloween, Uncle Eric was our honorary neighborhood watch.

— Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Now, the honorary Oscar winner is celebrated for her roles as Queen Ramonda in Marvel’s Black Panther franchise and Sgt.

— Dylan Kickham, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of honorary

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William White is known for emphasizing the role of financial asset prices in gauging inflation, which may be conducive to a discretionary approach.

— David Zhang, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Many of them are in the season of life when discretionary income rises to meet peak discretionary time.

— Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of discretionary

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