unbanked

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unbanked

adjective

not comparable Not having been banked.
not comparable Not served by a bank. It targeted the unbanked poor – "the watchmen, tomato sellers and small-scale farmers" whom Mwangi lists as typical customers – with cheap savings accounts and microloans backed by unusual guarantees.
Similar: nonbanked
not comparable, rare Of a train, not having the assistance of a banker (etymology 3) when climbing a steep grade (or bank). However, it was recently made obvious, both that the B.R./Sulzer Type 4s can comfortably negotiate the bank without help on the normal express train formations of this route, and also that the Western Region wants to eliminate the expense of providing bankers.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of unbank

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@misc{unbanked_2026,
  title = {unbanked},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unbanked},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}