unrecompensed
Definition
Adjective: Not having received compensation, reward, or repayment for effort, service, loss, or harm.
Usage Examples
- (He did not receive payment or compensation.)
- (They received no financial compensation for their losses.)
- (She received no material reward.)
Advanced Usage
"to go unrecompensed": to remain without compensation or reward.
- The artist's contributions to the community project went entirely unrecompensed. (The artist received no payment or recognition.)
"unrecompensed labor": work performed without receiving payment or benefits.
- Unrecompensed labor is common in unpaid internships. (Work done for free.)
Variants and Related Words
Recompense (noun/verb): compensation or reward given for loss, harm, or effort.
- He demanded recompense for the damage to his car. (Payment for harm.)
Recompensed (adjective): having received compensation or reward.
- The workers were fully recompensed for their overtime. (They were paid.)
Unrecompensed (adjective): the negative form, as defined above.
Synonyms
- Unrewarded: not given a reward or compensation.
- Unpaid: not having received payment.
- Uncompensated: not provided with compensation.
- Unrequited: not returned or repaid (often used for feelings, but can apply to effort).
Antonyms
- Recompensed: having received compensation.
- Rewarded: having received a reward.
- Compensated: having received payment or compensation.
Related Idioms
To go without compensation: to receive nothing in return.
- All her hard work went without compensation. (She got no reward.)
To come up empty-handed: to receive nothing after effort.
- After months of negotiation, the volunteers came up empty-handed. (They got no compensation.)