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Synonyms & Antonyms for unpaid
Synonyms
outstanding, overdue, owed, owing, payable, unsettled
Antonyms
cleared, liquidated, paid (off or up), repaid, settled
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Hotels have had to put staff on unpaid leave and some are reporting occupancy of less than 10 percent. — Washington Post, "Hong Kong hit with Fitch rating downgrade on worries over ‘rule of law’," 6 Sep. 2019 She was then placed on unpaid leave after her May 30 arrest on suspicion of federal drug possession charges. — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, "Denver sheriff’s deputy fired following federal drug charges, relationship with former jail inmate," 5 Sep. 2019 Mothershead, a Mandarin Chinese teacher at Alexander Hamilton High School, has been placed on unpaid leave while police investigate the incident, according to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. — Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, "Wisconsin Teacher Accused of Raping Woman, Whom He Allegedly Enslaved Along with Her Son: Report," 5 Sep. 2019 His group has found that as many as 14 hotels have asked workers to take unpaid leave. — Michelle Toh, CNN, "Hong Kong's protests are taking a toll on restaurant and hotel workers," 4 Sep. 2019 Both he and Marsh were put on unpaid leave after they were criminally charged in the incident. — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, "Cuyahoga County Jail officer who pepper-sprayed restrained inmate arrested on extortion, intimidation charges," 22 Aug. 2019 For example, it’s been stated that women spend an average of seven years doing unpaid labor compared to men, in the form of taking care of children and elders, domestic duties, etc. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Taking what she learned about self-advocacy and sharing it with others to close the gender pay gap," 24 Aug. 2019 Norcross serves as an unpaid director on the Holtec board. — Nancy Solomon, ProPublica, "State Tax Breaks Rewarded Companies Connected to One Powerful Man. The Governor Just Killed Them — for Now.," 23 Aug. 2019 It was also built mostly from the unpaid labor of enslaved African and African American people. — Kelley Fanto Deetz, The Conversation, "Setting the historical record straight for the critics of The New York Times project on slavery in America," 23 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unpaid.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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