Accepted the unearned rewards that came his ways as well as the unearned criticism. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Bet this gives them all a Big Chuckle as our money yet unearned is spent lickety Split!. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton edges out Palin in 'Most Admired' poll] Reference
Loyalty unearned is simply the husk of a notion developed to benefit the bosses in a feudal system. From Wordnik.com. [2009 July 17 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
"Sentimentality is often called the unearned emotion and intrusive carnivals of public mourning unsettle me," he said. From Wordnik.com. [All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News] Reference
Even in fiction we resent the notion of unearned wealth and the accompanying sense of entitlement. From Wordnik.com. [Little Rich] Reference
"Sentimentality is often called the unearned emotion and intrusive carnivals of public mourning unsettle me. From Wordnik.com. [mirror.co.uk - Home] Reference
No doubt a proportion of the so-called unearned advances were accounted for by the high sums paid to super-sellers. From Wordnik.com. [Advances -- part 1] Reference
Investment income, also known as unearned income, refers to capital gains, dividends, interest, annuities and rent, among other things. From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
The highest tax rate on "unearned" i.e., non-wage income dropped to 28% from 70%. From Wordnik.com. [Reaganomics: What We Learned] Reference
It would seem to me that not factoring that in is an odd kind of unearned certainty. From Wordnik.com. [Optimist Club] Reference
But to take half or two thirds of what should be deemed "unearned" would be practicable. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
But I almost never use cheats or manipulations of code to grant myself "unearned" power. From Wordnik.com. [What Type of Game Cheater Are You?] Reference
Tax rates were not merely high; they were -- at 98% on some "unearned" income -- confiscatory. From Wordnik.com. [Never Wobbly] Reference
This is distinguished from "unearned" income such as interest, dividends and capital gains. From Wordnik.com. [Kiplinger's Tax Glossary: Tax Terms You Need to Know] Reference
The Braves pushed it to 10-1 with an "unearned" run in the fourth and an RBI infield single in the fifth. From Wordnik.com. [Braves Journal] Reference
Lady Pirates glad to escape with 'unearned' victory -- Ottawa errors continue, but Lady Bruins commit more. From Wordnik.com. [The Times Today's News] Reference
Tommy Hanson struck out the side (including Jose Castillo) in the first, gave up one "unearned" run in the third. From Wordnik.com. [Braves Journal] Reference
Since Obama actually earned an Ivy League degree, I hardly think their is a high desire for an ASU 'unearned' degree. From Wordnik.com. [First Read] Reference
It's just not fair that you're making "unearned" income and we need to take more of that from you to pay for our big government programs. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
"unearned" income, i.e. income from invested property. From Wordnik.com. [War-Time Financial Problems] Reference
"unearned" because they consider that only the toil and trouble of the worker is real and worthy of being rewarded. From Wordnik.com. [Mises Dailies] Reference
Mr. DIONNE: I agree about the unearned part of that revival. From Wordnik.com. [Week In Politics: Primaries, Tea Party, Tax Cuts] Reference
And far away, Earth could rest in unearned safety for a while. From Wordnik.com. [Victory] Reference
(And pitchers certainly vary in their ability to prevent "unearned" runs. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Prospectus] Reference
He was deprived by it of nothing except, perhaps, an "unearned increment.". From Wordnik.com. [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference
This particular sanctimony of his was pure because it was utterly unearned. From Wordnik.com. [The Cool Aunt] Reference
Those four words -- unearned suffering is redemptive -- define the movement. From Wordnik.com. [Beck, King and nonviolence] Reference
This annual increase in the value of new land is known as its "unearned increment.". From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
All five runs he allowed in 3 2/3 innings were unearned, leading to a Brewers sweep. From Wordnik.com. [Washington Nationals lose to Milwaukee Brewers, 8-3] Reference
“Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive,” he said. From Wordnik.com. [Beck, King and nonviolence] Reference
A mosaic of images depicting your chronic laziness, unearned ego, and recreant cruelty. From Wordnik.com. [Mare] Reference
This unearned increment is now accruing to the Board on every acre that has been purchased. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
Given all this unearned privilege, how can Christians claim they are in fact being "persecuted"?. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: The Slow, Whining Death of British Christianity] Reference
The Nationals have allowed 64 unearned runs, second only to the Chicago Cubs in the major leagues. From Wordnik.com. [The Washington Nationals by the obscure numbers] Reference
But "The Ref's" venom is ultimately more bark than bite: its feel-good wrap-up seems rushed and unearned. From Wordnik.com. [A Blast Of Hollywood Bile] Reference
Communist Manifesto (1847) is nationalization or municipalization of the ground rent or unearned increment of land. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement] Reference
State is not yet to be undertaken, either in the shape of land nationalization or in the taxing away of unearned increment. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement] Reference
In a few years the unearned increment was at least 100 per cent.; rents also went up surprisingly, and also, alas! the taxes. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
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