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un·earned
(ŭn-ûrnd′)adj.
1. Not gained by work or service: unearned income.
2. Not deserved: unearned luck.
3. Not yet earned: unearned interest.
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unearned
(ʌnˈɜːnd)adj
1. not deserved
2. not yet earned
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un•earned
(ʌnˈɜrnd)adj.
1. not received in exchange for labor or services.
2. unmerited; undeserved: unearned punishment.
3. not yet earned.
4. (of income) derived from investments or holdings, as interest or dividends.
[1150–1200]
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Adj. | 1. | unearned - 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" earned - gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action; "a well-earned reputation for honesty"; "earned income"; "an earned run in baseball" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
unearned
[ʌnˈɜːrnd] adj (= undeserved) [praise, respect] → immérité(e)unearned income n → revenus mpl du capitalCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
unearned
adj
increment → unverdient
(= undeserved) → unverdient
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
unearned
[ʌnˈɜːnd] adj (praise, respect) → immeritato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995