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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The district plan also contains elements that have to be negotiated with employees, such as unpaid furlough days.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Why did debt collectors stop contacting me about my unpaid balance?

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of unpaid

Adjective

In May 2026, Page Six reported earlier this year that Bezos and Sánchez Bezos paid at least $10 million to sponsor the gala and were named honorary co-chairs alongside Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Wintour herself.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 11 Aug. 2026
In addition to the Astra TV Awards’ honorary recipients, the HCA announced this year’s nominees across 45 categories in May, with The Pitt receiving the most nods at 12, followed by Hacks and Shrinking at 10 each.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of honorary

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The resulting selection of stocks spans health care, consumer staples, industrials and consumer discretionary companies.

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
Massage tools now sit alongside health trackers and IV drips as one of the discretionary categories where younger consumers are outspending everyone else.

— Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

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