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🥛 Not stirred 🏛️ No party control
unwhipped

unwhipped

8.4
A vote where members can vote without party instruction
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈwɪpt/
  • Jargon
translation icon : libre de disciplina
  • The bill was decided by an unwhipped vote, allowing members to follow their conscience.

Examples

  • The party announced that the upcoming decision would be unwhipped to encourage open discussion.

  • Many legislators prefer to stay unwhipped on controversial issues.

  • Some legislators prefer unwhipped debates to express their personal views freely.

  • The senator remained unwhipped during the vote.

  • The bill was decided by an unwhipped vote, allowing members to follow their conscience.

  • The party announced that the upcoming decision would be unwhipped to encourage open discussion.

  • Some legislators prefer unwhipped debates to express their personal views freely.

Synonyms

unhampered
vsunwhipped
1 5.3

Free to move or act without being stopped

applies specifically to being free from party instruction during votes
unregimented
vsunwhipped
6.7

Not kept to strict rules and giving people freedom to choose

is specific to freedom from party instruction in legislative voting situations

How Independent

free
∞ 1.0
independent
122 3.6
unwhipped
  • Jargon
8.4

Surface Forms

unwhipped positive

Morphology

unwhipped = whipped (semi-transparent) = un + whip + ed

Morphologically regular but relies on a specialized political meaning of 'whip' that may be unfamiliar to general learners.

Etymology

Unwhipped combines un- 'not' and whip, a name for the party person who tells members how to vote. So an unwhipped vote or meeting is 'not controlled by the party whip' and lets members choose freely.