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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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