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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Currently, the project is unfunded, and has no timeline for implementation, with funding to be evaluated during the 2027/2028 budget cycle, along with other transportation projects, according to Klein.
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Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
The state has passed several unfunded mandates during Newsom’s time in office, including a bill passed in 2021 which established ethnic studies as a graduation requirement, an effort now stalled due to a lack of state funds.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025
In 2026 alone, more than $100 million in capital requests went unfunded.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Two decades of ballooning debt for the San Diego County pension system is cooling, with the fund lopping off $462 million from its multibillion-dollar unfunded liability over the last year.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
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Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
The state has passed several unfunded mandates during Newsom’s time in office, including a bill passed in 2021 which established ethnic studies as a graduation requirement, an effort now stalled due to a lack of state funds.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025
In 2026 alone, more than $100 million in capital requests went unfunded.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Two decades of ballooning debt for the San Diego County pension system is cooling, with the fund lopping off $462 million from its multibillion-dollar unfunded liability over the last year.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Unfunded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfunded. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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