unwaged

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adjective

Without a wage.

Similar
unpaidunsalariedwageless
OriginEnglish waged ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunwaged (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a wage.
  2. not comparableNot waged, as a war.

    1810?, Eaton Stannard Barrett, Woman Ambition leaves a favorite war unwaged.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
unpaidunsalariedwageless
Also see
unpaidunsalariedvoluntarywageless

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishwaged
  9. Englishunwaged

From un- + waged.

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Cite this entry
APA

unwaged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwaged

MLA

“unwaged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwaged. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unwaged,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwaged.

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