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unearned - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'unearned' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Unearned [ a.]
- Not earned; not gained by labor or service.

Meaning of 'unearned' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . unearned [ a]
Meaning (1):
- not gained by merit or labor or service
Example in sentence:
  • accepted the unearned rewards that came his ways as well as the unearned criticism;
  • an unearned run;
  • unearned income