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underfunding

underfunding is the present participle and gerund of underfund.

Meaning of underfund

Verb

underfund (third-person singular simple present underfunds, present participle underfunding, simple past and past participle underfunded)

  1. To provide insufficient funds (for).

Noun

underfunding (usually uncountable, plural underfundings)

  1. (usually) The condition of being underfunded.

Forms of underfunding

pluralunderfundings

Questions about underfunding

What does underfunding mean?
Underfunding means the condition of being underfunded.
What is underfunding the present participle and gerund of?
Underfunding is the present participle and gerund of underfund.
What part of speech is underfunding?
Underfunding is a noun.
What is the plural of underfunding?
The plural of underfunding is underfundings.

Words near underfunding in the dictionary

  1. underfund
  2. underfunded
  3. underfundedness
  4. underfunder
  5. underfunders
  6. underfunding
  7. underfundings
  8. underfunds
  9. underfur
  10. underfurnish
  11. underfurnished

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underfunding (page history and authors); underfund (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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