unpaid
Example Sentences
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"It's really difficult to find any kind of work to do, paid or unpaid, but I do see where the companies are coming from, especially smaller businesses."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
A Notice of Default was filed on behalf of Mountain Trails Community Association after monthly dues started going unpaid in January 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Employment tribunal records show he was awarded £1,052 in January 2025 for unpaid wages, but he says the company never paid him.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Where Charlize Theron’s Calypso ought to have been angry, funny, skilled in rhetoric and libidinous, according to Wilson, she’s “an unpaid therapist.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
As Johnny went from house to house talking about unpaid bills of eight shillings, he was thinking of the punch.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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