How to Use uncompensated in a Sentence

uncompensated

adjective
  • But these models have been trained on uncompensated creative labor.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
  • There is no scenario in which Russia gets its money back while its victims go uncompensated.
    — Lawrence H. Summers, Foreign Affairs, 15 June 2023
  • Among the most uncompensated victims of racial harm are Black veterans.
    — Cornell William Brooks, The Conversation, 19 June 2024
  • This uncompensated and unrequited largesse set the tone for the king’s time in Alaska.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Without them, the hospitals would bear the brunt of uncompensated care as uninsured sick people seek treatment.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The cost of uncompensated care will almost certainly increase in the coming years.
    — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Plus, more uninsured people mean more uncompensated care for hospitals, which presents its own problems for state budgets.
    — Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
  • More uncompensated workers might call out sick the longer a shutdown lasts, which could lead to longer security lines and other delays.
    — CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Legal experts say that uncompensated seizures are likely to be rare — the government has long purchased land from white farmers.
    — Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • Americans of all ages become caretakers, of course, and one in five adults currently provides uncompensated care to a loved one.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 May 2024
  • But the debt to Black Americans for the uncompensated labor of their ancestors was not paid.
    — Anne C. Bailey, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Some hospitals also saw little to no decrease in uncompensated care, Holmes said.
    — Amy Yurkanin, AL.com, 29 Dec. 2017
  • In addition to being among the poorest counties in the country, uncompensated care rates are also among the highest.
    — Silvia Foster-Frau, ExpressNews.com, 1 Aug. 2020
  • But that move would be unpopular and result in an increase in uncompensated care for hospitals and other providers.
    — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Hospitals would see a spike in uncompensated care and overcrowding of emergency rooms.
    — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 4 July 2025
  • The millage rate is a set percentage of property values used to generate tax funds to cover all uncompensated care costs.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Providers benefited from steady tax revenue, a decline in uncompensated care and strong earnings at their health insurance units.
    — Dallas News, 4 June 2021
  • When this occurs, hospitals could see rising levels of uncompensated care, which then gets passed along throughout the healthcare system.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • 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
  • But, more uncompensated workers might call out sick if the shutdown is drawn out, which could lead to travel delays, including longer security lines.
    — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Notably, the post did not address the songwriters who continue to go uncompensated by the service due to its disregard for the value of their work.
    — David Israelite, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2020
  • In the past few years, the hospitals’ total cost of uncompensated care had risen from about $60 million to $84 million.
    — Eli Saslow, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Methodist, like its peers, also gets assistance from the state of Tennessee to help offset its costs for providing uncompensated care.
    — Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 27 June 2019
  • In both districts, a significant expense is hundreds of millions of dollars in uncompensated care.
    — Arthur E. Palamara, Sun Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The Tesla attorneys also argued that Musk, who does not receive a cash salary or bonus, would be uncompensated if the package was thrown out.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • One implicit federal subsidy is the post office’s monopoly right to your mailbox, which is to say a monopoly right to this uncompensated use of your time.
    — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2018
  • This adds an uncompensated layer of bureaucracy to the management of a disease that is already very complex to diagnose and treat.
    — Joe Grogan, Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2024
  • The economic cost of treating and the often uncompensated cost of caring for those sufferers is now more than $600 billion a year.
    — Bryan Walsh, Vox, 5 Apr. 2025
  • This led to the rise of diploma mills that sell guard certificates to people uninterested in or unable to dedicate a day or more of uncompensated time to training.
    — Jasper Craven, Harper's Magazine, 23 July 2024
  • Griffin took pride in looking after the health and well-being of first responders in the community – often uncompensated.
    — Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Mar. 2021

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