Antonyms for earnedearned

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1. earnedadjective

   gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action

   "a well-earned reputation for honesty"; "earned income"; "an earned run in baseball"

   Antonyms:
   honorary, unearned

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1. South Korea Unification Ministry:

   The wages for the North's workers and other fees were paid in cash in U.S. dollars to the North's authorities and not to the workers, this is believed to be channeled in the same way as other foreign currency it earned.

2. Don Samuels:

   If those people who are saying, ‘get rid of the police,’ would say, ‘you know what, we’re going to come in and we’re going to become a part of this community. We’re going to give our hard-earned income to shop in this community. We’re going to mentor kids in this community,’ now you’re talking, but you can’t just say, let’s get rid of the police and then live these other social deficiencies or problems in place.

3. Richard Burr:

   She has earned the respect of the agency workforce, of her peers, of Republicans, of Democrats, of military officers, of civilian security leaders, evidenced by the number of letters received in support of her nomination too numerous to read.

4. Clifford Villalon:

   If you are respected, it is because you earned it.

5. Steve Krakauer:

   Having enough introspection and humility to step back and say, ‘I'm a journalist, and my audience doesn't trust me,’ would actually go a long way toward recovery. So often the response from the press is to look for reasons the audience distrusts them as some version of the audience's fault – as if it couldn't possibly be earned distrust, but the truth is, with more sources than ever, the establishment press needs to work harder than ever to maintain and grow their audience, and give the readers and viewers a reason to turn the trust factor around.

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