overfunding

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noun

Excess funding.

OriginEnglish funding ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

overfunding1

nounoverfunding (usually uncountable, plural overfundings)

plural overfundings

  1. uncountableusuallyExcess funding.

overfunding2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of overfund

Origin

overfunding · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishfunding
  8. Englishoverfunding

From over- + funding.

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overfunding · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishfund
  8. Englishoverfund
  9. Englishoverfunding

From overfund + -ing.

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APA

overfunding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overfunding

MLA

“overfunding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overfunding. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overfunding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overfunding.

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