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unfunding

UK/ˌʌnˈfʌndɪŋ/

unfunding is the present participle and gerund of unfund.

Meaning of unfund

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
    Synonyms:
    defund

Noun

unfunding (uncountable)

  1. The cancellation of funding or the withdrawal of funds.

Origin of unfunding

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From unfund + -ing.

Questions about unfunding

What does unfunding mean?
Unfunding means the cancellation of funding or the withdrawal of funds.
What is unfunding the present participle and gerund of?
Unfunding is the present participle and gerund of unfund.
What part of speech is unfunding?
Unfunding is a noun.
How do you pronounce unfunding?
Unfunding is pronounced /ˌʌnˈfʌndɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near unfunding in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unfunding (page history and authors); unfund (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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