unremunerated
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.rɪˈmjun.ə.reɪ.tɪd/
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no remunerado
- A decade and a quarter of drudgery—mathematics and Hebrew homework and unremunerated labor after school selling towels, sheets, and pillowcases in his family's store—had not prepared him for this.
Examples
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The availability of unremunerated family labor is cited as one of the most important factors affecting colonist success (Henriques 1980).
Academic text (1994) -
When inflation fell, competent banks reoriented their activities away from maximizing their earnings on the "float" on unremunerated deposits, checks, and payments waiting to clear.
Academic text (1996) -
It gained support from the Ministry of Justice to develop proposals for new laws on everything except monetary compensation for housework, which the ministry defined as an "unremunerated obligation."
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Many volunteers offer their time to help others on a purely unremunerated basis.
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She took on an unremunerated position to gain experience in the field.
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Despite the unremunerated nature of the work, he found it very rewarding.
Synonyms
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1.8
Money that someone still owes and has not paid
3
6.5
Not paid for work or services
1
3.7
Done without money given for work or services
1
6.5
Does not get money for work done
Work done without pay
Not paid for work you do
Antonyms
How Paid
Surface Forms
Morphology
unremunerated = remunerated (transparent) = un + remunerate + ed
The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the meaning of 'remunerated', making the adjective 'unremunerated' straightforwardly understood as 'not remunerated'.
Etymology
Unremunerated breaks into un- 'not' and remunerate 'to pay or reward', and remunerate comes from an old word for a 'gift' or 'reward'. So unremunerated simply means 'not paid', which is why we use it for unpaid work or volunteer roles.