Speakur

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underfunded

/ˈʌndɚfˌʌndɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-fund-ed
IPA
/ˈʌndɚfˌʌndɪd/
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Insufficiently funded.

verb

simple past and past participle of underfund

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 funded English underfunded From under- + funded.

Inflected Forms

more underfunded (comparative) most underfunded (superlative)

Derived Forms

underfundedness

Questions

How do you pronounce underfunded?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌndɚfˌʌndɪd/.
What does underfunded mean?
Insufficiently funded.
Where does underfunded 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 funded English underfunded From under- + funded.

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