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unpaid

ADJECTIVE
free, voluntary
Synonyms
WEAK
contributed donated due freewilled gratuitous honorary unindemnified unrewarded unsalaried volunteer
Antonyms
WEAK
paid settled
ADJECTIVE
not settled; taken without remuneration
Synonyms
STRONGEST
delinquent outstanding overdue
WEAK
due in arrears mature not discharged owing past due payable undefrayed unliquidated unsettled
Antonyms
STRONGEST
paid
WEAK
settled

Example Sentences

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A spokesperson for Unison said: "Joel Bodmer is an employee of the union and is currently on unpaid leave."

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Frank Bisignano, CEO of the Internal Revenue Service, said on Wednesday that the agency will go after every “bad actor,” including wealthy individuals and businesses, to collect unpaid taxes.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

“If you hate your wife, it’s a lot easier to justify exploiting her unpaid labor for your own personal gain,” she told me.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

The failure-to-pay penalty is 0.5% of unpaid tax, and it builds to 25% the longer the sum goes unpaid.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

And she blows her nose loudly in her cross-stitched handkerchief, freshly washed and ironed by me, the unpaid servant, sitting on the floor below her.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau