1
: not paid
an unpaid volunteer
2
: not paying a salary
an unpaid position
Examples of unpaid in a Sentence
I have a pile of unpaid bills sitting on my desk.
The city is trying to collect unpaid taxes.
She took three months of unpaid leave from her job.
I served as an unpaid consultant on the project.
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Andrew Tate has slammed a decision that could see him be forced to cough up £2 million ($2.5 million) in unpaid taxes in his native Britain.
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Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Amid student accusations of forced and unpaid labor at Olivet University, which is headquartered in the high-desert town of Anza, Calif., school leaders tried to protect the university’s fate against state regulators’ attempts to revoke its license.
—Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
The Internal Revenue Service in 2019 slapped Etienne with a federal lien for $11,795 in unpaid income taxes dating back six years.
—Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Then, a couple of decades following Redbox’s founding, the lawsuits started rolling in: 7-Eleven, CVS, and NBC Universal all had filed lawsuits against the company by early 2024 for unpaid commission fees in the first two cases, and unpaid licensing fees in case of the latter.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
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Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Amid student accusations of forced and unpaid labor at Olivet University, which is headquartered in the high-desert town of Anza, Calif., school leaders tried to protect the university’s fate against state regulators’ attempts to revoke its license.
—Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
The Internal Revenue Service in 2019 slapped Etienne with a federal lien for $11,795 in unpaid income taxes dating back six years.
—Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Then, a couple of decades following Redbox’s founding, the lawsuits started rolling in: 7-Eleven, CVS, and NBC Universal all had filed lawsuits against the company by early 2024 for unpaid commission fees in the first two cases, and unpaid licensing fees in case of the latter.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Unpaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpaid. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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unpaid
adjective
un·paid
ˌən-ˈpād 
1
: not paid
an unpaid volunteer
2
: not paying a salary
an unpaid position
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