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outearned

outearned is the simple past and past participle of outearn.

Meaning of outearn

Verb

outearn (third-person singular simple present outearns, present participle outearning, simple past and past participle outearned or outearnt)

  1. (transitive) To make more money than, to earn more than.
    • Generally those with more responsibility outearn those with less.

Questions about outearned

What is outearned the simple past and past participle of?
Outearned is the simple past and past participle of outearn.

Words near outearned in the dictionary

  1. outdwelling
  2. outdwells
  3. outdwelt
  4. oute
  5. outearn
  6. outearned
  7. outearning
  8. outearns
  9. outearnt
  10. outeat
  11. outeaten

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outearned (page history and authors); outearn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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