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underfunded

underfunded adjective: insufficiently funded. Also the simple past and past participle of underfund.

Adjective

underfunded (comparative more underfunded, superlative most underfunded)

  1. Insufficiently funded.

Also used as

underfunded is also the simple past and past participle of underfund.

Forms of underfunded

comparativemore underfunded
superlativemost underfunded

Origin of underfunded

From under- + funded.

From underfund + -ed.

Words formed from underfunded

Questions about underfunded

What does underfunded mean?
Underfunded means insufficiently funded.
What part of speech is underfunded?
Underfunded is an adjective.

Words near underfunded in the dictionary

  1. underfunctioner
  2. underfunctioners
  3. underfunctioning
  4. underfunctions
  5. underfund
  6. underfunded
  7. underfundedness
  8. underfunder
  9. underfunders
  10. underfunding
  11. underfundings

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