un·earned

[uhn-urnd]
adjective
1.
not received in exchange for labor or services; not gained by lawful work or employment.
2.
not earned; unmerited; undeserved: unearned promotion.
3.
not yet earned: Lenders are not permitted to take borrowers' unearned wages as collateral.

Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English; see un-1, earn1, -ed2

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unearned (ʌnˈɜːnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  not deserved
2.  not yet earned

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Unearned is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

unearned
c.1200, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of earn. Unearned income is recorded from 1889.
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Example sentences
It could go a bit quicker if the government first made room by spending less on
  unearned sinecures and misdirected subsidies.
Boomers could forswear all or part of this unearned inheritance.
He gave up five hits and an unearned run and struck out eight.
His current success will be perceived by some as an unearned reward for
  political blackmail.
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