underfund

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verb

To provide insufficient funds (for).

OriginEnglish fund ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

verbunderfund (third-person singular simple present underfunds, present participle underfunding, simple past and past participle underfunded)

present singular third person underfunds · participle present underfunding · participle past underfunded · past underfunded

  1. To provide insufficient funds (for).

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishfund
  13. Englishunderfund

From under- + fund.

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APA

underfund. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfund

MLA

“underfund.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfund. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underfund,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfund.

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