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
  • Driving the news: Most of the $114 million project remains unfunded.
    Jason Clayworth, Axios, 30 July 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • The state’s unfunded pension liabilities have been a sore thumb for decades.
    Kevin Bessler | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 July 2024
  • Connecticut has more than $37 billion in unfunded pension debt, one of the highest per-capita burdens in the nation.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Congress or the state should provide grants for this new, unfunded mandate to local governments.
    George Brauchler, The Denver Post, 14 June 2020
  • In addition to the current fiscal problems, the state faces one of the largest unfunded pension liabilities and one of the worst credit ratings of any state in the country.
    Joe Barrett, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Today’s road map stands in stark contrast to the one issued just eight weeks ago by the previous government that proposed billions in unfunded tax cuts.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022

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