Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unearned"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unearned \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unearned
adj 1: 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" [ant: {earned}]
2: not deserved or earned; "has an undeserved reputation as a
coward" [syn: {undeserved}]
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