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unsalaried

unsalaried

1 6.5
Does not get money for work done
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈsæl.ər.id/
translation icon : no remunerado
  • Many volunteers contribute their time to unsalaried positions at local charities.
  • an unsalaried position

Examples

  • Women, in particular, relied on such connections because they were paid less than men or were engaged in unsalaried labor.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Additionally, people will be out of work if they are unsalaried, as are so many eaters.

    Blog text (12)
  • Mr. Ben-Naim is an unsalaried "professor of practice" at Arizona State University's teachers college and associate director of the university's new Center for Education Through eXploration (known as ETX), which helped create the new courses and Inspark.

    Academic text (2016)
  • After retiring, she decided to take on unsalaried work to help the community.

  • His unsalaried internship allowed him to gain valuable experience without any financial compensation.

Synonyms

unpaid
vsunsalaried
32 1.7

Work done without payment, for example by volunteers

focuses on lack of a salary rather than other benefits
uncompensated
vsunsalaried
3 6.5

Not paid for work or services

emphasizes lack of salary or pay for a role
nonpaid
vsunsalaried
1 3.7

Done without money given for work or services

is used similarly but usually about formal paid roles
nonsalaried
vsunsalaried
5.3

Not receiving regular pay for work

is the same meaning but written as an alternative form
nonpaying
vsunsalaried
4.1

Work done without pay

highlights absence of salary rather than the role's duties
unremunerated
vsunsalaried
8.0

Not paid for work or help

is the general term stressing absence of financial compensation
wageless
vsunsalaried
6.9

Not paid for work you do

covers lack of regular wage income rather than one-off cases
unwaged
vsunsalaried
  • UK
7.1

People who do not have paid work

applies to unpaid status for a job rather than labeling people
unremunerative
vsunsalaried
9.3

Work that does not pay or make a profit

focuses on a role failing to pay rather than simply unpaid work

Antonyms

12 3.4

Paid a regular fixed amount of money for work instead of by the hour

How Paid

paid
1 1.0
salaried
12 3.4
unsalaried
1 6.5

Surface Forms

unsalaried positive

Morphology

unsalaried = salaried (transparent) = un + salary + ed

The adjective is formed by prefixing 'un-' to 'salaried', which straightforwardly yields 'not salaried' and is directly understandable.

Etymology

The word unsalaried starts with un- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from salary, which means 'pay'. A helpful way to remember salary is to think of old times when salt was very valuable and sometimes used as pay, so unsalaried means 'not paid for work'.