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.
Recent Examples on the Web
If the example estate had a credit card balance of $1,200, funeral expenses of $3,500, and $500 in unpaid utility bills incurred before the death, those costs would reduce its total to $27,300 from 32,500. —
Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Apr. 2026 And this of course does not include care work, which remains unpaid labor usually done by women alone. —Glamour, 24 Apr. 2026 For the Coast Guard, more than 500 unpaid utility bills have accumulated, threatening electricity and water service at Coast Guard stations. —Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026 When paychecks last went unpaid, officers with the Transportation Security Administration began calling out of their shifts, leaving just a few officers to handle security lines at airports across the country. —Irene Wright, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unpaid
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Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Apr. 2026 And this of course does not include care work, which remains unpaid labor usually done by women alone. —Glamour, 24 Apr. 2026 For the Coast Guard, more than 500 unpaid utility bills have accumulated, threatening electricity and water service at Coast Guard stations. —Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026 When paychecks last went unpaid, officers with the Transportation Security Administration began calling out of their shifts, leaving just a few officers to handle security lines at airports across the country. —Irene Wright, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unpaid
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“Unpaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/unpaid. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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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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