unpaid

Example Sentences

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This unpaid work is essential to families, communities and our economy — yet our retirement system still too often treats it like a personal detour instead of a shared reality.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Richard Jones, from Townhill, Swansea, was given a 20-month sentence, suspended for two years, along with 250 hours of unpaid work and an electronically-monitored curfew.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Sanchez’s unpaid leave was set to run out on June 1.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Collectively people owe £4.5bn in unpaid bills and charges.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

The advertising agency and the tobacco company were delighted by the unpaid publicity and were only too happy to confess to the error in the coda, “What do you want, good grammar or good taste?”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker