uncompensated

adjective

un·​com·​pen·​sat·​ed ˌən-ˈkäm-pən-ˌsā-təd 

-ˌpen-

1

: not providing or provided with monetary compensation : not paid or compensated

uncompensated medical care/costs

uncompensated workers

… many thousands of our countrymen devote their rosy prime to the harsh and uncompensated work of writing poetry …

—Marilynne Robinson

2

a

: not corrected or affected by physiological compensation see compensation sense 1b

uncompensated congestive heart failure

b

: accompanied by a change in the pH of the blood

uncompensated acidosis

Examples of uncompensated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to Teaching Hospitals of Texas, uncompensated charity care cost Texas hospitals around $7 billion in 2021, the latest year for which the data were available. —John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Aug. 2024

This led to the rise of diploma mills that sell guard certificates to people uninterested in or unable to dedicate a day or more of uncompensated time to training. —Jasper Craven, Harper's Magazine, 23 July 2024

Hospitals and health systems could face a surge in uncompensated care if Medicaid funding is reduced or if eligibility is tightened. —Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025

Prospect invested more than $750 million in its hospitals and provided more than $900 million in charity and uncompensated care to patients. —Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

uncompensated

adjective

un·​com·​pen·​sat·​ed -ˈkäm-pən-ˌsāt-əd, -ˌpen- 

1

: accompanied by a change in the pH of the blood

uncompensated acidosis

uncompensated alkalosis

compare compensated

2

: not corrected or affected by physiological compensation

uncompensated congestive heart failure