unbanked

¹ American  

[uhn-bangkt] / ʌnˈbæŋkt /

adjective

1. not using or having access to a bank or similar financial institution.

2. (of funds) not deposited with a bank.

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noun

1. the unbanked, people who do not use or do not have access to banks.

unbanked ² American  

[uhn-bangkt] / ʌnˈbæŋkt /

adjective

1. (of a fire) not surrounded and covered with heaped ashes to restrict airflow and slow burning.

2. (of a curve in a road, racetrack, or the like) not sloped up toward the outside of the curve.

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Other Word Forms

• unbankable adjective
• unbanking noun

Example Sentences

The survey shows that people who are disabled, lower-income, less educated, Black, Hispanic and living in single-parent households are more likely to be unbanked.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2025

But such businesses exclude certain customers and create an issue of equity, Hutt’s proposal says, since unbanked, elderly and low-income residents rely mostly on cash to get by.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023

“I would prefer that we take some time, inquire into who is unbanked, why, where and what the solutions to that could be,” Councilmember Claudia Balducci said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023

"A quarter of the world's population is unbanked and most of those people live in China, India, Mexico etc," she said.

From Reuters • Mar. 30, 2023

Why not, since I had still unbanked the handsome check Davidson had insisted on my taking as charter money for the last quarter?

From The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive by Mathes, Harry A.