not earned
Example Sentences
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Mr. Hara and Ms. Kobayashi’s documentaries require attention and patience; their films’ rewards are not earned easily.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
And it will preserve credibility for the most important index on the market, while keeping unwitting buyers from subsidizing a business that has not earned the right to their largesse.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
Few can argue he has not earned it.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
Pitt has accused Jolie and her company, Nouvel, of secretly selling her share of their winery and family home to “seize profits she had not earned and returns on an investment she did not make.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
But he had not earned enough money to move us out of Hamameh’s kitchen.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
