How to Use unfunded in a Sentence

unfunded

adjective

• Chow, and her students, took the project on as an unfunded labor of love.
  — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
• But the plan was unfunded, causing the pound and government bonds to crash.
  — Jens Larsen, CNN, 26 Oct. 2022
• Investors threw her plan for huge unfunded tax cuts back in her face.
  — Mark Thompson, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
• The second tier, yet unfunded, would get into specifics on smaller chunks of the project.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 16 June 2022
• Critics of the class-size cap call it an unfunded mandate.
  — Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 30 Jan. 2018
• The unfunded projects are in 17 states and Puerto Rico.
  — Ellen Knickmeyer, SFChronicle.com, 4 Jan. 2020
• The fourth tier is the one yet unfunded, a bike and pedestrian bridge stretching from Lippold Park across the river to the west bank.
  — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 14 Jan. 2022
• This would be an unfunded mandate paid for by consumers who don’t want and won’t use the devices.
  — Brad Adgate, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
• Driving the news: Most of the $114 million project remains unfunded.
  — Jason Clayworth, Axios, 30 July 2024
• After that, unfunded parts of the state government will begin to shut down.
  — Christopher Magan, Twin Cities, 13 May 2017
• But the trade-off is: Your school is unfunded, your teachers’ pay is frozen, your classrooms are crowded, your textbooks are 25 years old.
  — Margaret Newkirk, Bloomberg.com, 16 May 2018
• The Caveat: Even governments can get into trouble, as the UK found out in 2022 when investors balked at plans for large, unfunded tax cuts.
  — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 9 June 2024
• However, further unfunded tax cuts would add to the nation’s deficits and debt.
  — Ron Insana, CNBC, 27 July 2024
• Indeed, the project remained unfunded for the first eight years, surviving just on lab members’ spare time.
  — WIRED, 30 Jan. 2023
• Manly said that at this point, the agreement is unfunded and incomplete.
  — NBC News, 15 July 2021
• The island filed for a form of bankruptcy last May, with more than $120 billion in debt and unfunded pensions—the largest in U.S. history.
  — Silvia Foster-Frau, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Apr. 2018
• As a public entity, there are a lot of things that are mandated for schools, and most of those mandates are unfunded.
  — Brian Lisik, cleveland.com, 23 July 2019
• And across the bay in Berkeley, the city’s unfunded infrastructure is expected to be $2.1 billion by the end of this fiscal year.
  — Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
• Congress had a role from unfunded mandates to letting the place run with an empty board of governors.
  — Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2022
• But other safety projects are still unfunded, Rivera said.
  — oregonlive, 10 July 2021
• The Rose City received an 'F' grade for its $4.4 billion worth of debt, most of it for capital projects and unfunded employee pensions.
  — Jessica Floum, OregonLive.com, 24 Jan. 2018
• But looming behind the debate is a coming spike in the cost of unfunded pension obligations....
  — Daniel Disalvo, WSJ, 29 June 2020
• The state is also consistently listed as the highest tax state with the largest unfunded long-term debt and worst credit rating.
  — Greg Bishop, Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2020
• At a state meeting of school superintendents, Craig said Crouse was the one who stood up and questioned an unfunded mandate.
  — Chuck Gibson, Cincinnati.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Retirement is unfunded and the kids' college savings raided to pay bills.
  — Author: Charles Wohlforth | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Feb. 2018
• Some communities may bristle at the idea of an unfunded mandate if the state does not provide funding.
  — Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 14 Oct. 2019
• That doesn't mean that other things won't go unfunded however.
  — Julia O'Donoghue, NOLA.com, 1 June 2017
• Funding is set to decrease sharply year over year until 2020, when the program will be completely unfunded.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Feb. 2016
• On top of that, the cost of government insurance on unfunded pension obligations has jumped in recent years-- the fees now are more than four times their level in 2013.
  — Bloomberg.com, 26 Feb. 2018
• This leaves them overburdened, over worked, and saddled with unfunded mandates.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024