unfunded

adjective

un·​fund·​ed ˌən-ˈfən-dəd How to pronounce unfunded (audio)
1
: not funded : floating
an unfunded debt
2
: not provided with funds
unfunded schools

Examples of unfunded in a Sentence

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Despite progress in recent years, Illinois still faces more than $140 billion in unfunded pension liabilities. Scott Cohn, CNBC, 12 July 2025 Last year, the USPS incurred a net loss of $9.5 billion, with $6.6 billion of that resulting from workers’ compensation and unfunded liabilities for its retirement plans. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 7 July 2025 The state entered this fiscal year with more than $35 billion in unfunded pension liabilities. Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2025 The Legislative Analyst’s Office warned that suspending contributions to the retirement trust would create an unfunded liability for the state in future years, which could potentially result in California’s missing its goal of fully funding the benefit for that unit by 2048. William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for unfunded

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of unfunded was circa 1775

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“Unfunded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfunded. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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