unfunded
adjective
un·fund·ed
ˌən-ˈfən-dəd 
1
: not funded : floating
an unfunded debt
2
: not provided with funds
unfunded schools
Examples of unfunded in a Sentence
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Her unfunded tax cuts roiled financial markets and sent borrowing costs surging.
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Associated Press, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
Kerney said the city maintains a list of eligible proposals submitted for the funding, but unfunded projects are not ranked.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024
Beginning in 2017, however, the remediation program went unfunded and withered.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
That burden, coupled with unfunded retiree health care obligations and outstanding bonding debt, approaches $82 billion, making Connecticut one of the most indebted states, per capita, in the nation.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2024
And across the bay in Berkeley, the city’s unfunded infrastructure is expected to be $2.1 billion by the end of this fiscal year.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
The Humane Society has roughly $10 million in programs and requirements that go unfunded each year, officials said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
The state's largest teachers union fears that SB 1 could become an unfunded mandate for schools, possibly causing strain on third grade teachers.
—Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Jan. 2024
About $950 million of that budget reserve money would go toward unfunded liabilities within the state teachers, employees and police pension funds.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 16 Jan. 2024
Associated Press, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
Kerney said the city maintains a list of eligible proposals submitted for the funding, but unfunded projects are not ranked.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2024
Beginning in 2017, however, the remediation program went unfunded and withered.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
That burden, coupled with unfunded retiree health care obligations and outstanding bonding debt, approaches $82 billion, making Connecticut one of the most indebted states, per capita, in the nation.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2024
And across the bay in Berkeley, the city’s unfunded infrastructure is expected to be $2.1 billion by the end of this fiscal year.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
The Humane Society has roughly $10 million in programs and requirements that go unfunded each year, officials said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
The state's largest teachers union fears that SB 1 could become an unfunded mandate for schools, possibly causing strain on third grade teachers.
—Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Jan. 2024
About $950 million of that budget reserve money would go toward unfunded liabilities within the state teachers, employees and police pension funds.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 16 Jan. 2024
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“Unfunded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfunded. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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