unwagedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈweɪdʒd/, U.S. /ˌənˈweɪdʒd/ 1. Not recompensed with wages; unpaid.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [adjective] > in receipt of pay > not paid
unpaid1434
unwaged1538
unpaid1547
unfeed1608
honorary1631
irremunerateda1648
unsalaried1836
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [adjective] > paid by wages > not
unpaid1434
unwaged1538
unpaid1547
lean1581
unhired1617
wagelessa1618
honorary1631
irremunerateda1648
hireless1651
unsatisfied1654
unsalaried1836
non-paid1866
1538 H. Latimer Let. 17 June in Serm. & Remains (1845) (modernized text) II. 397 His highness should do graciously to remember them with some piece of some broken abbey..for, as I hear, the vicars and other ministers sing and say unwaged.
c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Aviv With lesse relefe of vyttels, then had the worst, unwaged aduenturer ther.
1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) sig. M iij Now all stormy gales Of..rancor vtterly are swaged, And we our owne to lyve or dye vnwaged.
1971 Dalla Costa & James in Power of Women (1975) 33 (heading) The productivity of wage slavery based on unwaged slavery.
1982 Guardian 24 Feb. 10/4 They're supposed to do unwaged work for their whole lives.
2. Not receiving a wage, out of work. Also absol.
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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > not working or unemployed
servicelessc1450
unlabouredc1450
masterless1471
unwrought1550
unplaced1558
labourless1576
flag-fallen1609
unlabouring1619
disemployed1651
hireless1651
unengaged1654
unemployed1667
unworking1696
untoiling1748
workless1758
occupationless1822
placeless1828
out of work1833
non-working1841
unhired1852
jobless1862
out of (or in) collar1862
non-employed1876
spare1919
on the beach1923
in dry dock1927
off-the-job1950
on (also upon) the street(s)1980
unwaged1981
society > occupation and work > worker > one who does not work > [noun]
vacant1602
outler1786
idleman1832
non-producer1840
unworker1843
non-worker1851
non-employed1876
out of work1883
out-of-worker1894
unemployed1900
unwaged1981
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1981 Evening Mail (Birmingham) 30 Apr. 22/2 (advt.) Women's Theatre Group presents their new play on Nuclear Power, Breaking Through, at Small Heath Community School... £1·50 waged, £1 unwaged.
1982 Libr. Assoc. Rec. 30 Nov. (Vacancies Suppl.) p. cxlviii The cost will be £2 per line for waged persons or £1 per line for those who are unwaged.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1538