uncompensated
adjective
un·com·pen·sat·ed
ˌən-ˈkäm-pən-ˌsā-təd 
-ˌpen-
1
: not providing or provided with monetary compensation : not paid or compensated
uncompensated medical care/costs
uncompensated workers
… many thousands of our countrymen devote their rosy prime to the harsh and uncompensated work of writing poetry …—
Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson2
a
: not corrected or affected by physiological compensation see compensation sense 1b
uncompensated congestive heart failure
b
: accompanied by a change in the pH of the blood
uncompensated acidosis
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As the city's safety net hospital, Denver Health provides health care services to those who can't afford it, including the uninsured, leading to a deficit in its coffers due to uncompensated care.
—John Frank, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
That uncompensated care figure counts the cost to the hospital of charity care and unpaid and underpaid patient bills.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2024
In fact, government programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, provide more direct subsidies to nonprofit hospitals than these hospitals spend on uncompensated care.
—Ge Bai, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Artists suing generative artificial intelligence art generators have cleared a major hurdle in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit over the uncompensated and unauthorized use of billions of images downloaded from the internet to train AI systems, with a federal judge allowing key claims to move forward.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
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John Frank, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
That uncompensated care figure counts the cost to the hospital of charity care and unpaid and underpaid patient bills.
—Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2024
In fact, government programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, provide more direct subsidies to nonprofit hospitals than these hospitals spend on uncompensated care.
—Ge Bai, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Artists suing generative artificial intelligence art generators have cleared a major hurdle in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit over the uncompensated and unauthorized use of billions of images downloaded from the internet to train AI systems, with a federal judge allowing key claims to move forward.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Uncompensated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncompensated. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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uncompensated
adjective
un·com·pen·sat·ed
-ˈkäm-pən-ˌsāt-əd, -ˌpen-
1
: accompanied by a change in the pH of the blood
uncompensated acidosis
uncompensated alkalosis
compare compensated
2
: not corrected or affected by physiological compensation
uncompensated congestive heart failure
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