Meanings
adjectiveunrecompensed (not comparable)
- not comparableNot recompensed; unrewarded.
Her days were taken up with the life-giving, hard, unrecompensed work of women of all ages to feed, clothe and nurture her household.
2000 June 17, Elizabeth A. Johnson, “Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet”, in America, volume 182, number 21
Origin
- Middle Englishunrecompensid
- Englishunrecompensed
From Middle English unrecompensid; equivalent to un- + recompensed.
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