How to Use "unearned" with Example Sentences

1. But land taxes merely reduce the unearned rewards to owners .

2. In retrospect it is clear the country was living in a bubble of hubris and unearned kudos .

3. Ever since the 19th century , democratic reformers have sought to free economies from waste , corruption and " unearned income . "

4. Other governments would do well to emulate and improve upon australia 's efforts to shift the tax burden from hard-earned wages and profits to unearned rents and uncompensated harms .

5. The second generation of the rich often incur the ire of the wider society , especially when they act as if they 're entitled to , rather than lucky to have , their unearned riches .