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unelected

unelected

6.7
People who have government jobs without being chosen in an election
  • noun
  • /ˌʌnɪˈlɛktɪd/
translation icon : funcionario no electo
  • The committee was filled with unelected officials who made decisions without public input.

Examples

  • I would like to know what you feel in this issue of an unelected person having so much power.

  • The decisions were being made here by unelected men who had an immense amount of secret power.

  • Captain Unelected had just gotten his tax cuts through Congress.

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  • And so here we have an unelected billionaire who has carte blanche with the United States government.

  • It caters to, obviously in this case, not democratically unelected people.

  • He is an unelected, unaccountable guy who, as I think you said recently, wasn't even an American until not that long ago.

  • A bunch of unelected bureaucrats once again, you wonder how they can still fund Ukraine while the rest of the country goes, goes without unelected bureaucrats once again.

  • We will never surrender America's sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable global bureaucracy.

  • We will never surrender America's sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable global bureaucracy.

  • Citizens were frustrated by the influence of unelected advisors in shaping government policies.

Synonyms

appointee
vsunelected
  • Formal
55 3.9

A person chosen for an official job or position

is about people holding public power who were not chosen by voters

Antonyms

elected official
109 3.0

A person who holds public office after winning an election

How Chosen

unelected
6.7
appointee
  • Formal
55 3.9

Surface Forms

unelected singular
unelecteds plural

Morphology

unelected = elected (transparent) = un + elect + ed

The prefix 'un-' negates 'elected' to describe people not chosen by election; the composition follows regular English negation.

Etymology

The noun unelected refers to people who hold power without being chosen in a vote, like appointed officials or government workers, and it comes from un- 'not' and elect 'chosen', so it names those who were 'not chosen by a vote'.