unfinanced
Lacking monetary support
Unfinanced describes something that lacks funding or financial backing.
A project, venture, or purchase that is unfinanced has no loans, investments, or external money supporting it: The startup remained unfinanced after failing to attract investors.
It can also mean paid for entirely with one's own money rather than through borrowing: an unfinanced car purchase.
Funded without outside capital
- self-reliantAble to provide independently
- out-of-pocketPaid from personal funds
- unfundedLacking allocated resources
- independentFree from external control
Lacking sufficient financial resources
- cash-strappedLacking available money
- unfundedLacking allocated resources
- unsupportedLacking backing or proof
- shoestringCord for footwear
underresourced · hand-to-mouth · lean · scrappy · bare-bones · penny-pinching
Dangerously insecure
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- exposedOut in open
- unstableProne to sudden change
- uncertainNot firmly known
insecure · uninsured · unbacked · unsecured · high-risk · speculative · unprotected · unguaranteed
Funded without outside capital
- pre-seedEarliest venture funding stage
- proof-of-conceptFeasibility demonstration
- early-stageAt the outset
bootstrapped
Funded without outside capital
- self-reliantAble to provide independently
- out-of-pocketPaid from personal funds
- unfundedLacking allocated resources
independent · debt-free · unsubsidized · unsupported · unsponsored
undercapitalized
Lacking sufficient financial resources
- cash-strappedLacking available money
- unfundedLacking allocated resources
- unsupportedLacking backing or proof
shoestring · underresourced · hand-to-mouth · lean · scrappy · bare-bones · penny-pinching
precarious
Dangerously insecure
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- exposedOut in open
- unstableProne to sudden change
uncertain · insecure · uninsured · unbacked · unsecured · high-risk · speculative · unprotected · unguaranteed · uncollateralized
bootstrapped
Funded without outside capital
- pre-seedEarliest venture funding stage
- proof-of-conceptFeasibility demonstration
- early-stageAt the outset