Definition of unfunded in English:
unfunded
adjectiveʌnˈfʌndɪdˌənˈfəndɪd
1Not funded.
Example sentencesExamples
- Firstly, can you believe that is completely unfunded?
- 1.1 Not receiving public funds.
a new education bill remained unfunded
Example sentencesExamples
- There are currently more than $6 billion in unfunded requirements to provide necessary repairs to the eroded infrastructure of these systems on Army posts.
- Given this bleak fiscal climate, these unfunded and underfunded mandates are irresponsible.
- But the economic reality is these are unfunded mandates, and education regulators and school districts will have to find the money to pay for them.
- It's an unfunded mandate: the federal government is forcing the states to spend their own money to comply with the act.
- On August 22, Connecticut filed a lawsuit against the US claiming that Bush's education law is essentially an unfunded mandate from the federal government.
- 1.2 (of a debt) repayable on demand rather than having been converted into a more or less permanent debt at fixed interest.
Example sentencesExamples
- In previous reports it was noted that no provision had been made for various unfunded liabilities.
- What we are talking about is replacing an unfunded debt with funded debt.
- Above all, reduce the unfunded potential future liabilities (they are not legal obligations like Treasury bonds) first.
- Due diligence is the order of the day to assess if such liabilities are unfunded, or under-funded.
- The present value of Social Security's unfunded liabilities is in the trillions of dollars.
- 1.3 Denoting or relating to a pension scheme without a pension fund, the current beneficiaries being paid by a former employer from revenue or contributions by present employees.
Example sentencesExamples
- To be sure, few European companies are as burdened by unfunded pension liabilities as some U.S. companies, particularly in old-line industries.
- General Motors now has 2.5 retirees on its pension rolls for every active worker and an unfunded pension debt of $19.2 billion.
- All of that is trivial, compared to the yawning black hole of unfunded pension liabilities.
- Although the airline industry's hefty $32 billion in unfunded pensions has captured headlines in recent months, the problem extends much further.
- Their unfunded pension liabilities were probably more than $16 billion at year-end and retiree healthcare costs are more than three times that level.
Definition of unfunded in US English:
unfunded
adjectiveˌənˈfəndɪdˌənˈfəndid
1Not funded.
Example sentencesExamples
- Firstly, can you believe that is completely unfunded?
- 1.1 Not receiving public funds.
a new education bill remained unfunded
Example sentencesExamples
- There are currently more than $6 billion in unfunded requirements to provide necessary repairs to the eroded infrastructure of these systems on Army posts.
- On August 22, Connecticut filed a lawsuit against the US claiming that Bush's education law is essentially an unfunded mandate from the federal government.
- It's an unfunded mandate: the federal government is forcing the states to spend their own money to comply with the act.
- But the economic reality is these are unfunded mandates, and education regulators and school districts will have to find the money to pay for them.
- Given this bleak fiscal climate, these unfunded and underfunded mandates are irresponsible.
- 1.2 Planned but not provided for financially.
Example sentencesExamples
- In previous reports it was noted that no provision had been made for various unfunded liabilities.
- Above all, reduce the unfunded potential future liabilities (they are not legal obligations like Treasury bonds) first.
- What we are talking about is replacing an unfunded debt with funded debt.
- Due diligence is the order of the day to assess if such liabilities are unfunded, or under-funded.
- The present value of Social Security's unfunded liabilities is in the trillions of dollars.
- 1.3 (of a debt) repayable on demand rather than having been converted into a more or less permanent debt at fixed interest.
Example sentencesExamples
- General Motors now has 2.5 retirees on its pension rolls for every active worker and an unfunded pension debt of $19.2 billion.
- Although the airline industry's hefty $32 billion in unfunded pensions has captured headlines in recent months, the problem extends much further.
- To be sure, few European companies are as burdened by unfunded pension liabilities as some U.S. companies, particularly in old-line industries.
- Their unfunded pension liabilities were probably more than $16 billion at year-end and retiree healthcare costs are more than three times that level.
- All of that is trivial, compared to the yawning black hole of unfunded pension liabilities.