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unfund

UK/ˌʌnˈfʌnd/

unfund verb: to remove, rescind, or cancel funding for.

Verb

unfund (third-person singular simple present unfunds, present participle unfunding, simple past and past participle unfunded)

  1. (transitive) To remove, rescind, or cancel funding for.
    • […] if the Act of 1789 designed only to unfund the debt, it is equally unjust with destroying it, it is different not in principle but in degree.1794, Edmund Hogan, Francis Hopkinson, The Pennsylvania State Trials
    • So the effort to unfund them, really, was based on their learning that they were nonsupportive?1973, Presidential Campaign Activities of 1972, Senate Resolution
    Synonyms:
    defund

Examples of unfund in a sentence

  • But that in-force block will become an unfunding block at some point where the payments made are greater than the premiums, investment income, and investment rollover.1974, Transactions - Volume 26, Parts 2-3, page D-622:
  • This data element contains the last two positions of the latest IMET order number that either funds, unfunds, or modifies an IMET record.1998, Security Assistance Management Manual:

Synonyms of unfund

Forms of unfund

third-person singular presentunfunds
present participleunfunding
past participleunfunded
pastunfunded

Origin of unfund

From un- + fund.

Words that rhyme with unfund

Questions about unfund

What does unfund mean?
Unfund means to remove, rescind, or cancel funding for.
How do you use unfund in a sentence?
But that in-force block will become an unfunding block at some point where the payments made are greater than the premiums, investment income, and investment rollover.
What part of speech is unfund?
Unfund is a verb.
How do you pronounce unfund?
Unfund is pronounced /ˌʌnˈfʌnd/ (UK).
What is the past tense of unfund?
The past tense of unfund is unfunded.

Words near unfund in the dictionary

  1. unfun
  2. unfunctional
  3. unfunctionalised
  4. unfunctionalized
  5. unfunctionally
  6. unfund
  7. unfundable
  8. unfundamental
  9. unfunded
  10. unfunding
  11. unfunds

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