uninsured

adjective

un·​in·​sured ˌən-in-ˈshu̇rd How to pronounce uninsured (audio)
-ˈshərd
: lacking insurance : not insured
uninsured losses/expenses
… millions of US residents remain uninsuredTimothy Stoltzfus Jost

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According to the Congressional Budget Office, nearly 17 million more Americans will become uninsured by 2034 due to the bill's changes. Anahita Dua, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025 The law will leave 10 million Americans uninsured over the next decade, according to estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 30 July 2025 Equally telling, according to the GAO, 12% of college students in states that didn’t expand Medicaid lacked coverage in 2022, twice as high as the percentage who went uninsured in the expansion states. Fiona Riley, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025 According to a research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) some 7.6 million people will become uninsured by 2034 because of the changes to the Medicaid policy. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 22 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for uninsured

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of uninsured was in 1799

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“Uninsured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninsured. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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