Example Sentences

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Mozart’s genius isn’t so much unrecognized as unremunerated.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

The rest will need to be held in unremunerated deposits at the central bank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

Lord Alli correctly registered his trusteeship of The Charlie Parsons Foundation but should also have included his position as an unremunerated director of the foundation, the commissioner found.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2024

Some policymakers have therefore been pushing to raise the proportion of unremunerated reserve requirements that banks must hold as part of their next stage of their fight against inflation.

From Reuters • Oct. 6, 2023

I believe the main foundation of the position it holds among the Parliaments of the world is this condition of volunteered unremunerated service.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Newnes, George