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unearnable

unearnable adjective: that cannot be earned.

Adjective

unearnable (not comparable)

  1. That cannot be earned.
    • Peter represents that part of our personality that realizes love is unearnable and therefore surrenders helplessly to a love which is beyond merit, beyond control, beyond manipulation, beyond negotiation[…]1998, Patricia McCarthy, Of Passion and Folly: A Scriptural Foundation for Peace, page 113

Origin of unearnable

From un- + earnable.

Questions about unearnable

What does unearnable mean?
Unearnable means that cannot be earned.
What part of speech is unearnable?
Unearnable is an adjective.

Words near unearnable in the dictionary

  1. uneagerness
  2. Uneapa
  3. uneared
  4. unearmarked
  5. unearn
  6. unearnable
  7. unearned
  8. unearned income
  9. unearned incomes
  10. unearned increment
  11. unearned increments

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