unfunded

[ uhn-fuhn-did ]

adjective

1. not provided with a fund or money; not financed.
2. Finance. floating ( def 5b ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of unfunded¹

First recorded in 1765–75; un- ¹ + fund ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

The total cost is a big part of the billions of dollars the city claims it has in unfunded infrastructure needs.

From Voice of San Diego

The latest study, which was unfunded, found coelacanths live five times longer than once predicted.

From Popular-Science

Some safety advocates say the mayor’s response has been ineffective in addressing traffic deaths, saying greater commitment is needed, including funding for a comprehensive Vision Zero bill that passed last year and is largely unfunded.

From Washington Post

You might wonder what kinds of fiscal policies Republicans have been pushing lately while they pooh-pooh Democrats’ too-unfunded-yet-also-too-funded agenda.

From Washington Post

As Andy Keatts detailed in a story Monday, San Diego has a huge infrastructure backlog and half of the unfunded projects over the next five years involve fixing the stormwater system.

From Voice of San Diego

All because he didn't have to put $1 an hour towards the pension fund's unfunded liability.

From The Daily Beast

Many jurisdictions have treated Gideon as an unfunded mandate.

From The Daily Beast

Oddly, one of the top virtues of Social Security is that it is unfunded.

From The Daily Beast

The ones on the verge of bankruptcy, with large, unfunded pension obligations.

From The Daily Beast

In most cases, an unfunded liability is an even bigger invitation to mischief than a funded one.

From The Daily Beast

These bills pass from hand to hand as money, and form part of the public unfunded debt of Great Britain.

From Project Gutenberg

The ancient name of the national banking account has been attached to two of the forms of unfunded national debt.

From Project Gutenberg

The debt incurred by the nation since 1813 was still unfunded.

From Project Gutenberg

In the end the question of a settlement of the unfunded debt was allowed to remain open.

From Project Gutenberg

The income arising from current labor is unfunded, because there is no permanent fund of accumulated wealth corresponding to it.

From Project Gutenberg