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unearned definition

un·earned (-ʉrnd′)

adjective

  1. not earned by work or service; specif., obtained as a return on an investment unearned income
  2. not deserved; unmerited

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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