unfunded

CEFRB2

/əˈnfʌndɪd/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not provided with the money needed to operate.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Of a pension: paid out like a salary by the employer, without advance contributions from the employee.

Examples

  • An unfunded mandate is a rule that must be followed without money.

  • The new project remained unfunded despite years of constant effort.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Not funded; having received no funding.

More examples

In context

  • The pension plan has a large unfunded liability this year.

  • 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.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The school's art program was blank because the grant money never came.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From un- + funded.