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🚲 Without a seat 🏛️ No representation
seatless

seatless

6.5
Having no seat in a parliament or assembly
  • adjective
  • /ˈsiːtləs/
translation icon : sin representación
  • After the election, the party was completely seatless in the national parliament.

Examples

  • Many seatless candidates are hoping to gain representation next year.

  • The committee remains seatless after the recent elections.

  • Several small groups remained seatless despite gaining a significant number of votes.

  • The reform left many former politicians seatless and out of the decision-making process.

  • After the election, the party was completely seatless in the national parliament.

  • Several small groups remained seatless despite gaining a significant number of votes.

  • The reform left many former politicians seatless and out of the decision-making process.

Surface Forms

seatless positive

Morphology

seatless = seat (semi-transparent) = seat + less

Formally 'seat' + '-less', but the 'seat' meaning 'representation or office' is more specialized and may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Seatless comes from seat, which can mean 'a place to sit' or 'a position in a group', plus -less, meaning 'without'. So in politics seatless means a person or party has no seat in the parliament and therefore no place to vote or take part.