How to Use unpaid in a Sentence

unpaid

adjective
  • She took three months of unpaid leave from her job.
  • I have a pile of unpaid bills sitting on my desk.
  • I served as an unpaid consultant on the project.
  • The city is trying to collect unpaid taxes.
  • Here is how to use WOW to see if you're owed unpaid wages.
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Here’s what to know about the scam: What do fake unpaid toll texts look like?
    — Kendrick Marshall, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Maybe he could be put to work as a slave with the unpaid wages going to the victim.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
  • When that bill went unpaid, the works were auctioned off in 2012.
    — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2022
  • The issue of the unpaid meals comes in the wake of two school years in which no students had to pay for school meals.
    — Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2023
  • He has been placed on unpaid leave while the case is pending.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Rise was on the brink of closure as bills went unpaid and food orders were skipped.
    — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The unpaid work can feel more meaningful than a day job.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Now staffers will get up to five unpaid but excused sick days.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 3 May 2022
  • Keaton, who is on unpaid leave, is looking for new work.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
  • When the foreclosure deed was filed this week, the amount of unpaid debt on the loan was $95.6 million, the county records show.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The mostly West African crew spent more than a year aboard, unpaid and unable to make their way home.
    — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Radio Free Asia has put most of its staff on unpaid leave since March.
    — Minho Kim, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • Chicagoans owe the city tens of millions of dollars in unpaid fines, fees and storage costs.
    — Will Aronin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
  • While the crew was paid wages, many were left with unpaid benefits.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The amount owed builds as interest is added on the unpaid debt year after year.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2022
  • His sale of YouGov, which made Mr. Zahawi wealthy, led to the dispute over unpaid taxes.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Saponghian will be paid through Oct. 31 and will move to unpaid status.
    — Howard Blume, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Otherwise, the penalty can be as much as 5% of the unpaid tax each month up to a maximum of 25%.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Kots is not alone in her battle to regain film rights and unpaid revenue from CSSE and 1091.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
  • In the end, the court awarded the employees $35.6 million for their unpaid overtime work.
    — John Simons, Time, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The debt ceiling fight has drawn attention to the nation's unpaid bills.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Fix a payroll glitch that has left many teachers unpaid for months.
    — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2022
  • But a friendship involves the good will of two parties, and this unpaid debt is preying on your mind.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • How many students in the future will pay back unpaid student loans when the next forgiveness program is right around the corner?
    — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 23 May 2025
  • New loans were taken out to pay off the old ones, according to prosecutors, until Todd Chrisley filed for bankruptcy, walking away from more than $20 million in unpaid loans.
    — Russ Bynum, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025

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