Meanings
present singular third person unfunds · participle present unfunding · participle past unfunded · past unfunded
- transitiveTo remove, rescind, or cancel funding for.
So the effort to unfund them, really, was based on their learning that they were nonsupportive?
1973, Presidential Campaign Activities of 1972, Senate Resolution3 more examples
[…] if the Act of 1789 designed only to unfund the debt, it is equally unjust with destroying it, it is different not in principle but in degree.
1794, Edmund Hogan, Francis Hopkinson, The Pennsylvania State TrialsBut that in-force block will become an unfunding block at some point where the payments made are greater than the premiums, investment income, and investment rollover.
1974, Transactions - Volume 26, Parts 2-3, page D-622This data element contains the last two positions of the latest IMET order number that either funds, unfunds, or modifies an IMET record.
1998, Security Assistance Management ManualSynonyms: defund
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo remove, rescind, or cancel funding for.
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