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defunded

defunded is the simple past and past participle of defund.

Meaning of defund

Verb

defund (third-person singular simple present defunds, present participle defunding, simple past and past participle defunded)

  1. (US, transitive) To cancel funding for.
    • Did the Arizona legislators satisfy the principles of deliberation when they decided to defund organ transplants?1996, Amy Gutmann, Dennis Frank Thompson, Democracy and Disagreement
    Synonyms:
    unfund

Questions about defunded

What is defunded the simple past and past participle of?
Defunded is the simple past and past participle of defund.

Words near defunded in the dictionary

  1. defunctions
  2. defunctive
  3. defunctness
  4. defuncts
  5. defund
  6. defunded
  7. defunder
  8. defunders
  9. defunding
  10. defundings
  11. defunds

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