unpaid-for

American  

[uhn-peyd-fawr] / ʌnˈpeɪdˌfɔr /

adjective

1. not paid for.

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Etymology

Origin of unpaid-for

1425–75; late Middle English un-payd for; un- ¹, paid, for

Example Sentences

Whitworth the cost_$36.82_of an unpaid-for three-horsepower gasoline engine.

From Washington Times • Jan. 8, 2017

Despite such pleasant moments as when Nelly drove Heinrich around Los Angeles in their unpaid-for car, there was his miserable failure as a screenwriter and her refusal of further humiliating work.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2011

Yes, sir, as great a truth as that you are in your unpaid-for scarlet.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

Let us look for a minute at the first of these absurd attempts to explain away the fact that profit is only another name for unpaid-for labor.

From The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg by Spargo, John

Another benefit of copyright between nations has been to check the relentless flood of cheap, unpaid-for fiction, which formerly poured from the press, submerging the better literature.

From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Spofford, Ainsworth Rand