Unwaged means not having a paid job. A wage is the money you get for working, usually paid by the hour, day or week, so someone unwaged is earning no wage. This is a British word, and it has a particular flavour. It appears on signs and forms in Britain that list prices: "Tickets £8, unwaged £4." It is the polite, kind way of saying "if you have no income, pay less" — a cheaper price for students, retired people, people out of work, and people at home caring for family. That is where a learner is most likely to meet it. The word was chosen on purpose instead of "unemployed". Unemployed can sound like a judgement, and it also misses people who work extremely hard without pay — someone raising three children, or looking after a sick parent, is not unemployed in any real sense, but they are unwaged. So the word quietly makes a point: work and wages are not the same thing. Americans rarely say it, and it is uncommon in Taiwan's English teaching too, so it may look strange the first time. It can also describe the work itself, not just the person: unwaged labour, unwaged care work.

無薪的、沒有領薪水的（英式用法；票價表上常見，指無收入者的優惠身分）