underfunded

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adjective

Insufficiently funded.

OriginEnglish funded ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

underfunded1

adjectiveunderfunded (comparative more underfunded, superlative most underfunded)

comparative more underfunded · superlative most underfunded

  1. Insufficiently funded.

underfunded2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of underfund

Origin

underfunded · adjective

  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. Englishfunded
  13. Englishunderfunded

From under- + funded.

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underfunded · verb

  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
  14. Englishunderfunded

From underfund + -ed.

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Translations

Czech podfinancovaný
  • podfinancovanýinsufficiently funded
Cite this entry
APA

underfunded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfunded

MLA

“underfunded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfunded. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underfunded,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfunded.

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