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unpaid-for

American  
[uhn-peyd-fawr] / ʌnˈpeɪdˌfɔr /

adjective

  1. not paid for.


Etymology

Origin of unpaid-for

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

Example Sentences

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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

As soon as the fever quitted him Robert began to recover very rapidly, but he was greatly troubled about the still unpaid-for horse.

From A Man of Honor by Eggleston, George Cary

"Hannah," whimpered the widower, trying to take her hand,—with equal thought of her long bank account and his unpaid-for headstone,—"I never really loved any one but you."

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse

Then the servant gives them their wraps, Anna's red embroidered one, another of the unpaid-for articles which her mother has begged from the dressmaker with tears, and Barbara's old-fashioned shabby mantle, and they go.

From Boris Lensky by Schubin, Ossip