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[ uhn-urnd ] / ʌnˈɜrnd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unearned ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot received in exchange for labor or services; not gained by lawful work or employment. not earned; unmerited; undeserved: unearned promotion. not yet earned: Lenders are not permitted to take borrowers' unearned wages as collateral. Origin of unearnedMiddle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at un-1, earn1, -ed2 Words nearby unearnedundulatory theory, undulatus, unduly, undying, Une, unearned, unearned income, unearned increment, unearned run, unearth, unearthly Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unearnedHere, however, the novel ends with unearned sentimentality and cheap contrivance. Ian McEwan's New Novel Keeps Life at Arm's Length|Nick Romeo|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST And often times this very hard work is done under the most difficult of circumstances—with unearned stress of the worst kind. ‘Gideon’s Army’: Gerald Shargel on the Defense That Never Rests|Gerald L. Shargel|July 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST To those earning income; not to those sitting on unearned wealth. Capitalism for the People|David Frum|February 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST “There is an unearned air of arrogance about the man that is incredibly frustrating to witness,” Ashton says of Baez. Death-Penalty Issue, Abuse Defense: 7 Revelations in Casey Anthony Book||November 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST
He retains a semi-stunned look of restrained disgust at the shoddiness and unearned smarminess of the proceedings. Notes on Charlie Sheen and the End of Empire|Bret Easton Ellis|March 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST This unearned increment of reputation, compounded annually, is all that keeps some ancient authors alive nowadays. Major Prophets of To-Day|Edwin E. Slosson The curse of unearned wealth, he mused, has fallen on my son. Mark Gildersleeve|John S. Sauzade The unearned increment, it is held, is produced by the growth of the community in numbers and in the industrial arts. The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays|Thorstein Veblen They took Rome at its face value and refused to recognise the unearned increment heaped up by the centuries. A Voyage of Consolation|Sara Jeannette Duncan It is clearly implied that unearned increase, reaping and gathering without sowing, could be gained through the exchangers.
British Dictionary definitions for unearned
adjectivenot deserved not yet earned Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unearnedunwarranted, unmerited |