underfunded

British  

/ ˌʌndəˈfʌndɪd /

adjective

1. having or provided with insufficient funding

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Example Sentences

On the ground level, this means community volunteer efforts like neighborhood environmental cleanups, helping food pantries distribute sustenance to families in need and volunteers assisting underfunded local libraries.

From Salon

After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Germany dropped a long-standing pacifist tradition and started ramping up spending to overhaul its long underfunded armed forces.

From Barron's

“Both pension funds are substantially underfunded,” the organization says.

From MarketWatch

By independent estimates, Golden Dome alone could cost upward of $3.5 trillion over the next 20 years, but the program is likely underfunded even this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 2023, the United Nations approved a multinational security mission to help overwhelmed Haitian police respond to the gangs, but the under-equipped and underfunded deployment has had mixed results.

From Barron's