unsubsidized

adjective

un·​sub·​si·​dized ˌən-ˈsəb-sə-ˌdīzd How to pronounce unsubsidized (audio)
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: not aided or promoted with public money : not subsidized
unsubsidized housing

Examples of unsubsidized in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web By leaving out a discussion of ways to loosen the housing market for tenants, the report misses a crucial, and largely unsubsidized, element to limit the flow of people into homelessness, Ward said. Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024 Advertisement While most unsubsidized homes have rents that create financial burdens for low-income tenants, a significant number do not. Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024 The unsubsidized cost of wind power has dropped 66% since 2009, while the cost of unsubsidized solar has fallen 84%, according to an analysis by Lazard, a financial advisory firm that publishes annual estimates of the total cost of producing electricity. Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024 The true value of solar energy generation should be self-sustaining and unsubsidized, otherwise real worth is inaccurate and misleading. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unsubsidized 

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Word History

First Known Use

1756, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unsubsidized was in 1756

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“Unsubsidized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsubsidized. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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