uncompensated

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Recent Examples of uncompensated Metro Denver hospitals reported that uncompensated care was up to start 2025, though the severity of the hit varied. Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025 By contrast, the county paid $251,000 for its fire contract for 2025, up from $155,000 in 2024 due to the contract formally accounting for LOFSVFF’s ambulance service to the district, which had gone uncompensated until this year. Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025 But for smaller hospitals, the flexibility to provide that uncompensated care isn’t there. Meg Cunningham, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025 Hospitals would see a spike in uncompensated care and overcrowding of emergency rooms. Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 4 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for uncompensated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncompensated
Adjective
  • The airport has put out green donation bins accepting nonperishable food and personal care items for unpaid federal airport workers, according to a social media post from Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley.
    Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But with flights delayed, food aid at risk and federal workers going unpaid, Americans seem to be growing more fed up with everyone involved.
    Leonardo Feldman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • His great uncle Paul is Erpe-Mere’s honorary chairman.
    Mark Critchley, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The role of a delegate, of which there are six in the House, is active but also serves an honorary purpose.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Rockets, who surprisingly finished second in the West behind Oklahoma City last season, were dealt a tough blow over the summer, though, when point guard Fred VanVleet was lost for the season to a torn ACL suffered during a voluntary workout.
    Joe Vardon, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Wegmans Food Markets issued a voluntary recall of six varieties of cheesecake on September 26 because of undeclared pecans.
    News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This means, cutting back on takeout and cooking more at home, pausing a couple extracurricular activities, and cutting all discretionary shopping.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Sanogo said that, when individuals do not have the resources to buy everyday essentials or discretionary luxuries, seeing others treat expensive items casually can create feelings of scarcity, which may lead to envy or resentment.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Uncompensated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompensated. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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