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unfunded

unfunded adjective: not funded; having received no funding.

Adjective

unfunded (not comparable)

  1. Not funded; having received no funding.
    • It will also make more money available for electrification, which is seen by the industry and its stakeholders as the only feasible way to deliver carbon-neutral railway operations, but is as yet unfunded by the Treasury.2021 May 5, 'Industry Insider', “A chance for positive change”, in RAIL, number 930, page 68
  2. Of a pension: paid out like a salary by the employer, without advance contributions from the employee.

Origin of unfunded

From un- + funded.

Questions about unfunded

What does unfunded mean?
Unfunded means not funded; having received no funding.
What part of speech is unfunded?
Unfunded is an adjective.

Words near unfunded in the dictionary

  1. unfunctionalized
  2. unfunctionally
  3. unfund
  4. unfundable
  5. unfundamental
  6. unfunded
  7. unfunding
  8. unfunds
  9. unfunereal
  10. unfunky
  11. unfunneled

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