Defunded is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Defunded meaning
simple past and past participle of defund
Using Defunded
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of defund
- In the example corpus, defunded often appears in combinations such as: be defunded, defunded and, defunded by.
Context around Defunded
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Defunded
- In this selection, "defunded" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, undermined, pelosi, tripoli, sometimes, dispersing and speech stand out and add context to how "defunded" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include been completely defunded and many and being undermined defunded and attacked. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "defunded" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with defunded
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Built the wall, Pelosi defunded it. (6 words)
Pierce defunded speech recognition research at Bell Labs. (8 words)
Friend is absolutely right: the FBI should be defunded. (9 words)
The obvious solution is to identify and stop potential pandemics faster as we clearly stand no chance once they are in the general population, but thanks to good old President Trump, the global early warning systems to help do exactly that were defunded. (43 words)
Bounced from service to service as programs were defunded — sometimes referred to some that didn’t even exist — the amount of care and contact Harris had with the community was cut back at every step. (35 words)
At a time when public education is being undermined, defunded and attacked, we can’t afford for the people on Team Public Schools to keep pushing each other out of the arena. (32 words)
According to reports, this includes one calling for Disney to be "defunded" after holding a Pride event, and another criticising an inclusive menstruation campaign with the message: "Only women have periods! (31 words)
Example sentences (18)
According to reports, this includes one calling for Disney to be "defunded" after holding a Pride event, and another criticising an inclusive menstruation campaign with the message: "Only women have periods!
At a time when public education is being undermined, defunded and attacked, we can’t afford for the people on Team Public Schools to keep pushing each other out of the arena.
Built the wall, Pelosi defunded it.
Four Grade I stakes winners were entered for the Classic, won last year by Horse of the Year Flightline – Geaux Rocket Ride, Tripoli, Defunded and Stilleto Boy.
Musk also tried to rally support for Ackman's crusade, calling for Harvard University to be defunded.
This week: trashy weather, cops defunded by getting a plane, and Liam Neeson's ninja training school.
Friend is absolutely right: the FBI should be defunded.
Tesla’s plans to expand Giga Texas to work on the new EV has been completely defunded and many workers involved in the project have been laid off, Electrek reports.
Bounced from service to service as programs were defunded — sometimes referred to some that didn’t even exist — the amount of care and contact Harris had with the community was cut back at every step.
But when the government becomes defunded because of corruption, that becomes a problem.
Following the assault, synthetic life was outlawed by the Federation, while the Institute's research was severely defunded to the point of complete abandonment.
His campaign has spent at least $14 millionon a misleading ad claiming that police would be defunded under a Biden administration.
The money would replace a defunded state program that had supported fare-free transportation in rural areas.
The obvious solution is to identify and stop potential pandemics faster as we clearly stand no chance once they are in the general population, but thanks to good old President Trump, the global early warning systems to help do exactly that were defunded.
The Pride Center at the University of Tennessee has been defunded by that state’s Legislature.
The Sappony hung around the Fort Christanna area for roughly 20 years after it was defunded, dispersing sometime around 1740.
Pierce defunded speech recognition research at Bell Labs.
The University of Oklahoma Law School defunded the Anita F. Hill professorship in May 1999, without the position having ever being filled.
Common combinations with defunded
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- be defunded 4×
- defunded and 3×
- defunded by 2×
- were defunded 2×