unfunded
pronunciation
How to pronounce unfunded in British English:
UK ['ʌn'fʌndɪd]
How to pronounce unfunded in American English:
US [ʌn'fʌndɪd]
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- Adjective:
- not furnished with funds
Word Origin
- unfunded (adj.)
- 1776, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of fund (v.).
Example
- 1. Social security and medicare have a total unfunded liability in excess of $ 100 trillion .
- 2. These numbers , while bad , don 't account for unfunded liabilities .
- 3. Unfunded items include expenditures incurred before the commencement date of or after the completion .
- 4. Estimates of the federal government 's unfunded future liability for medicare , medicaid , and social security pensions range as high as $ 80 trillion , more than $ 250000 for each currently living person .
- 5. The recession has slashed payroll-tax revenue , which means that the future , unfunded cost of the programmes has increased .