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unbudgeted

unbudgeted adjective: not allowed for in a budget.

Adjective

unbudgeted (not comparable)

  1. Not allowed for in a budget.
    • He said other unbudgeted costs had to be considered, including a projected $150 million for new subway cars needed to run on the extended line. Mr. Sander, who inherited the deal when he took over the authority in January, said he spoke yesterday to Daniel L. Doctoroff, the deputy mayor for...2007 February 14, William Neuman, “M.T.A. Says It Can’t Handle Cost Overruns on No. 7 Project”, in New York Times
    • Unbudgeted expenditure was but a contributory factor in the initial £2.5bn estimate for the WCML upgrade eventually costing four times as much.2022 September 21, Chris Green tells Nick Brodrick, “It's absolutely my favourite train”, in RAIL, number 966, page 34

Origin of unbudgeted

From un- + budgeted.

Questions about unbudgeted

What does unbudgeted mean?
Unbudgeted means not allowed for in a budget.
What part of speech is unbudgeted?
Unbudgeted is an adjective.

Words near unbudgeted in the dictionary

  1. unbudgeability
  2. unbudgeable
  3. unbudgeableness
  4. unbudgeably
  5. unbudged
  6. unbudgeted
  7. unbudging
  8. unbudgingly
  9. unbuffed
  10. unbuffer
  11. unbufferable

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