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underfund

/ˈʌndɚfˌʌnd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-fund
IPA
/ˈʌndɚfˌʌnd/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To provide insufficient funds (for).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English fund English underfund From under- + fund.

Inflected Forms

underfunds (present, singular) underfunding (participle, present) underfunded (participle, past) underfunded (past)

Derived Forms

underfunder

Questions

How do you pronounce underfund?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌndɚfˌʌnd/.
What does underfund mean?
To provide insufficient funds (for).
Where does underfund come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English fund English underfund From under- + fund.

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