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Meaning of UNEARNED

Pronunciation:  un'urnd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  not gained by merit or labor or service; "accepted the unearned rewards that came his ways as well as the unearned criticism"; "unearned income"; "an unearned run"
  2. [adj]  not deserved or earned; "has an undeserved reputation as a coward"
 
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 Synonyms: honorary, undeserved, unmerited
 
 Antonyms: earned
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Un*earned"\, a.
Not earned; not gained by labor or service.
{Unearned increment} (Polit. Econ.), a increase in the value
   of land due to no labor or expenditure on the part of the
   owner, but to natural causes, such as the increase of
   population, the growth of a town in the vicinity, or the
   like. Some hold that this should belong to the nation.
 

 

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