Definition of "unearned" []

• Not gained by work or service: unearned income. (adjective)
• Not deserved: unearned luck. (adjective)
• Not yet earned: unearned interest. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The proffer also details what it calls unearned real estate commissions paid by Rezko to Patti Blagojevich which was used to renovate their home."
• "Loyalty unearned is simply the husk of a notion developed to benefit the bosses in a feudal system."
• "The accusations also include tens of thousands of dollars in unearned commissions and unnecessary retainer fees diverted to Blagojevich's wife after he and his co-conspirators learned they were being investigated."