unfunded

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adjective

Not funded; having received no funding.

Opposite
funded
OriginEnglish funded ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunfunded (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot funded; having received no funding.

    It will also make more money available for electrification, which is seen by the industry and its stakeholders as the only feasible way to deliver carbon-neutral railway operations, but is as yet unfunded by the Treasury.

    2021 May 5, 'Industry Insider', “A chance for positive change”, in RAIL, number 930, page 68
  2. not comparableOf a pension: paid out like a salary by the employer, without advance contributions from the employee.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot furnished with funds

Opposite
funded

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishfunded
  9. Englishunfunded

From un- + funded.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Finnish rahoittamaton
  • rahoittamatonnot funded
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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