unearned

Adjective

Meaning

Not earned; not gained by labor or service.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

forbidden honorary deposit unjust extravagant disproportionate outrageous undue unwarranted immoderate incommensurate unrealized undeserved unmerited unrealised
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Antonyms

earned due becoming careful genuine justified
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Phrases with the word

unearned revenue

Anagrams

unneared

Examples

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money. J. Edgar Hoover

Sometimes in June, when I see unearned dividends of dew hung on every lupine, I have doubts about the real poverty of the sands. On solvent farmlands lupines do not even grow, much less collect a daily rainbow of jewels. Aldo Leopold

Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others. Ayn Rand

The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt. Ayn Rand

Sometimes the most beautiful thing is precisely the one that comes unexpectedly and unearned. Anna Freud

Unearned riches have no goods. Azerbaijani Proverb

Close letter words and terms

unearmarked unearn unearnable unearned income unearned increment unearned revenue