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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The scourge of unpaid toll messages plaguing America has its origins in China, with Chinese phishing kits and criminals driving the scam state to state.
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Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Whether infectious diseases or space exploration, these panels of experts are the unpaid brains behind the brawn of the U.S. government.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2025
Similarly, measures of GDP in the United States do not include household production, such as the care of children and the elderly by unpaid caregivers.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
According to Investopedia, in 2024, there were some 2.4 million adults aged 62—the earliest age at which retirement benefits can be collected—and older who still had outstanding student loan debt, totaling $10.77 billion in unpaid federal education loans.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Whether infectious diseases or space exploration, these panels of experts are the unpaid brains behind the brawn of the U.S. government.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2025
Similarly, measures of GDP in the United States do not include household production, such as the care of children and the elderly by unpaid caregivers.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
According to Investopedia, in 2024, there were some 2.4 million adults aged 62—the earliest age at which retirement benefits can be collected—and older who still had outstanding student loan debt, totaling $10.77 billion in unpaid federal education loans.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Unpaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpaid. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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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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