unpaid

Example Sentences

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“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

“A third party that agreed to pay his legal fees and costs has refused to pay, leaving Kay’s current counsel with more than $130,000 in unpaid fees and out-of-pocket expenses,” Gerger wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

And Americans’ unpaid credit-card debt is on the rise, as is use of the buy-now-pay-later option.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Still, wrangling over unpaid claims and underinsurance have slowed Los Angeles’s rocky recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

His unpaid labor made cotton “King” and established America as a significant nation in international commerce.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry