unfunded
adjective
un·fund·ed
ˌən-ˈfən-dəd 
1
: not funded : floating
an unfunded debt
2
: not provided with funds
unfunded schools
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Adding more unfunded subsidies is not a sustainable solution.
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Allison Schrager, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
The district has made more than $11 million in budget cuts over the past two years due to state and local funding not keeping up with inflation, underfunded and unfunded mandates and changing roles of schools, according to the district.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
In Tennessee, 267 childcare and early education slots in the Clarksville area would go unfunded and 56 Head Start staff members would be furloughed, according to Tennessee Head Start.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Wohlfeil expressed doubts that an unfunded future transit route should allow a developer to build as many units as an existing route or a funded future route.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
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Allison Schrager, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
The district has made more than $11 million in budget cuts over the past two years due to state and local funding not keeping up with inflation, underfunded and unfunded mandates and changing roles of schools, according to the district.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
In Tennessee, 267 childcare and early education slots in the Clarksville area would go unfunded and 56 Head Start staff members would be furloughed, according to Tennessee Head Start.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Wohlfeil expressed doubts that an unfunded future transit route should allow a developer to build as many units as an existing route or a funded future route.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Unfunded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfunded. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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