uncompensated

Example Sentences

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With “Beef,” Lee links the potential liabilities women face by locking into long-term relationships to the realities of the capitalist trap, which draws women into not only unpaid housework but uncompensated emotional labor, too.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

Also important to administrators was an agreement to place boundaries on the potentially unlimited, uncompensated work expectations that accompany the job of principal and assistant principal.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The penalty duration — the number of months the individual is ineligible for Medicaid long-term care benefits — is calculated based on the amount of the uncompensated transfer.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025

Hospitals may be forced to reduce services and staffing due to higher costs for uncompensated care, according to KFF, a nonprofit health research organization.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

Workers were paid by the ton, which both encouraged them to hack out coal with reckless haste and meant that any labor they expended making their environment safer or more comfortable went uncompensated.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson