underfund

verb

un·​der·​fund ˌən-dər-ˈfənd 

underfunded; underfunding; underfunds

transitive verb

: to provide insufficient funds for

Examples of underfund in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These exemptions allow governments to underfund long-term pension promises while still reporting a balanced budget — or even a surplus — on their short-term books. — Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026

Tallahassee continues to underfund public education. — Clinton McCracken, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2026

Even as the Biden administration has intensified Washington’s focus on oversight, Congress has continued to underfund and understaff some of the very offices whose chief responsibility is to monitor stimulus cash. — Tony Romm and Yeganeh Torbati, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Dec. 2022

Yet the medical sciences continue to underfund studies focused on women, even among diseases that affect women most of all. — Chloe E. Bird, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for underfund

• and
• bund
• fund
• gunned
• hund
• mund
• shunned
• stunned
• fecund
• refund
• rotund
• secund