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Webster 1913 Edition


Unearned

Un-earned′

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Adj.
Not earned; not gained by labor or service.
Unearned increment
(Polit. Econ.)
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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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unearned

UNEARNED

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Adj.
unern'ed. Not merited by labor or services.
Hoping heaven will bless thy slighted fruits, and give thee bread unearn'd.

Definition 2024


unearned

unearned

English

Adjective

unearned (not comparable)

  1. Not earned

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