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unearned

adjective as in undeserved

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He gave up only two unearned runs in 6 ⅔ innings with nine strikeouts, and he’s clearly ready for the next step.

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Blur even satirized grunge music with its megahit “Song 2,” a song of nonsense lyrics and unearned vim.

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Some of his self-flagellation feels unearned — which I suppose is often the case with self-flagellation.

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In the first inning, center fielder Hyeseong Kim lost a fly ball in the twilight sky, leading to two runs that would have been unearned had it not been ruled a double.

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But then the already goofy “Flight or Flight” takes a turn to the insanely cartoonish as it begins its descent, into a tangle of hallucinatory madness, unearned twists and mind-boggling cliffhangers.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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