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
Marilynne Robinson2
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
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While labor costs started to level in 2024, supply costs and uncompensated care went up, said Tom Rennell, senior vice president of financial policy and data analytics at the Colorado Hospital Association.
—Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
Holden Thorp, the editor in chief of Science and a former university chancellor and provost, told me that many schools could weather these disruptions without issue: A university with a big hospital, for example, might use clinical revenue to offset uncompensated research costs.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2025
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
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Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
Holden Thorp, the editor in chief of Science and a former university chancellor and provost, told me that many schools could weather these disruptions without issue: A university with a big hospital, for example, might use clinical revenue to offset uncompensated research costs.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2025
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
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“Uncompensated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncompensated. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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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
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