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Definition unearned in American English

unearned adjective

adjective
/ʌnˈɜrnd/
1

not resulting from work that you have done

Example

rich landowners living on their unearned wealth

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2

in baseball, an unearned run is a point that is scored because the other team makes a lot of mistakes

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Definition unearned in American English