How to Use unpaid in a Sentence

unpaid

adjective

• She took three months of unpaid leave from her job.
• I have a pile of unpaid bills sitting on my desk.
• I served as an unpaid consultant on the project.
• The city is trying to collect unpaid taxes.
• Maybe he could be put to work as a slave with the unpaid wages going to the victim.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
• The issue of the unpaid meals comes in the wake of two school years in which no students had to pay for school meals.
  — Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2023
• The unpaid work can feel more meaningful than a day job.
  — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
• When the foreclosure deed was filed this week, the amount of unpaid debt on the loan was $95.6 million, the county records show.
  — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
• His sale of YouGov, which made Mr. Zahawi wealthy, led to the dispute over unpaid taxes.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023
• Otherwise, the penalty can be as much as 5% of the unpaid tax each month up to a maximum of 25%.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2023
• Kots is not alone in her battle to regain film rights and unpaid revenue from CSSE and 1091.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
• In the end, the court awarded the employees $35.6 million for their unpaid overtime work.
  — John Simons, Time, 11 Jan. 2023
• The debt ceiling fight has drawn attention to the nation's unpaid bills.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 22 Feb. 2023
• But a friendship involves the good will of two parties, and this unpaid debt is preying on your mind.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2023
• The failure-to-file penalty is 5 percent of the unpaid taxes for each month or part of a month that your tax return is late.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
• But wages have gone unpaid for months, and the workers — or whoever’s left of them — are getting antsy.
  — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023
• The liens, or federal claims against property for unpaid debts, are all still open.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
• This story was updated to reflect that one-third of Metrobus trips are unpaid.
  — Justin George, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
• McDaniel, who lives in New York City, is seeking $3.3 million in damages and unpaid wages.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
• After two years, if the debt is unpaid, investors can foreclose on the property.
  — Tracey Tully, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
• On any unpaid balances, Summit should be required to set up a one-time, new 18-month payment plan, the filing said.
  — Andrew Moreau, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2023
• To date, everyone at OARS is unpaid, with its volunteers working in shifts on the board 24/7.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2023
• An unpaid bill of less than $150 stunted the start of Cynthia Aguilar-Arizmendi’s career.
  — oregonlive, 27 Jan. 2023
• However, their landlord can pursue action in small claims court for the unpaid rent.
  — Saumya Gupta, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
• Bacon threw out the idea of Austin giving service members unpaid leave to ensure the policy does not run afoul of the Hyde Amendment.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 13 July 2023
• But some do enforce late fees or send unpaid debts to collection agencies.
  — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• Hogan reappointed Kelso to the unpaid position in 2018 and again in July.
  — Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2023
• In 1995, Lewinsky began working as an unpaid summer intern at the White House.
  — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
• Some of the family grew rich while Liberty’s members were left with tens of millions of dollars in unpaid health bills.
  — J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 9 Mar. 2023
• Mota’s company eventually fixed the fire code issues and paid the rent, but as of March 15, the venue’s taxes were still unpaid.
  — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024