unfunded
Without financial backing
Unfunded describes something that lacks the money needed to support it.
An unfunded mandate requires action without providing resources to pay for it.
An unfunded liability is a financial obligation with no designated assets to cover it.
Unfunded programs, positions, or projects have been approved in principle but not allocated money: The position remains unfunded for next year.
Failure to reach quota
- underfundedInsufficiently financially supported
- gapUnfilled space between
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
deficit · arrears · debt · budgetary · fiscal · austerity · overspending · squeeze
Retiree's ongoing benefit
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- actuarialOf risk calculation
shortfall · entitlements · commitment · contingent · payouts · promises · accrued · vested
Start without external resources
- crowdfundingRaising capital from masses
- pre-seedEarliest venture funding stage
- angelDivine winged messenger
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
founder · incubator · accelerator · pitch · prototype · venture · equity · bootstrapped
Official rules governing conduct
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
federal · state · local · enforcement · policy · statute · bureaucracy · imposition
Not noticed or considered
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- underservedInsufficiently provided for
- disregardedNot given consideration
forgotten · sidelined · marginalized · inadequate · lacking · unaddressed · unmet · deferred
Bestow or award money
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- academicRelating to education or theory
science · laboratory · thesis · inquiry · fieldwork · experiment · proposal · project
shortfall
Failure to reach quota
- underfundedInsufficiently financially supported
- gapUnfilled space between
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
insufficiency · deficit · arrears · debt · budgetary · fiscal · austerity · overspending · squeeze · crisis
pension
Retiree's ongoing benefit
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
actuarial · shortfall · entitlements · commitment · contingent · payouts · promises · accrued · vested · retiree
bootstrap
Start without external resources
- crowdfundingRaising capital from masses
- pre-seedEarliest venture funding stage
- angelDivine winged messenger
entrepreneur · founder · incubator · accelerator · pitch · prototype · venture · equity · bootstrapped · seed
regulation
Official rules governing conduct
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- directiveFormal command or instruction
legislation · federal · state · local · enforcement · policy · statute · bureaucracy · imposition · burden
overlooked
Not noticed or considered
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- underservedInsufficiently provided for
disregarded · forgotten · sidelined · marginalized · inadequate · lacking · unaddressed · unmet · deferred · backlogged
grant
Bestow or award money
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- investigationFormal examination of facts
academic · science · laboratory · thesis · inquiry · fieldwork · experiment · proposal · project · pilot
- business adjectivescommercial, corporate, economic, financial, fiscal
- crowdfundingbacker, backers, campaign, contribution, contributor
- funding statusunderfunded, overfunded, crowdfunded, bootstrapped, backed
- statusstatus, prestige, ranking, reputation, elite
- budget termsbudget, deficit, surplus, spending, revenue
- construction statusunder construction, completed, planned, in progress, on hold
unfundedfunded
Provided with money
financed · bankrolled · backed · capitalized · subsidized
- unfunded liabilitiesDebts without backing assets
fund, funds, funding, refund, fundamental, funded, fundamentally, fundament, fundamentalist