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

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

Critics say repealing Medicaid expansion is among the possible actions on health care under Trump that would return hospitals to an era when emergency departments were filled with very sick, uninsured patients and when hospitals' budgets were stretched by providing uncompensated care. —Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024

More uncompensated workers might call out sick the longer a shutdown lasts, which could lead to longer security lines and other delays. —CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024

But, more uncompensated workers might call out sick if the shutdown is drawn out, which could lead to travel delays, including longer security lines. —Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024

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