unvoted
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- adjective
- /ʌnˈvoʊtɪd/
- The committee left the issue unvoted until more information was available.
Examples
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Several proposals were still unvoted by the close of the session.
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The motion remained unvoted after the meeting ended early.
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The unvoted candidates were disappointed with the election results.
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Many unvoted individuals participated in the discussion.
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The candidate remained in the race despite being unvoted in the primary elections.
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In the final tally, many people were concerned about the unvoted ballots left sitting in the boxes.
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The committee's decision was challenged due to the presence of unvoted members during the meeting.
How Voted
Surface Forms
Morphology
unvoted = voted (transparent) = un + vote + ed
Formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to 'voted' (vote+ed), yielding the straightforward meaning 'not having received votes' or 'not subjected to a vote'.
Etymology
The word unvoted is made from un- meaning 'not' and vote meaning 'to choose'. You can see the same root in vote and voter. So, unvoted means 'not voted' — something that did not get any votes or was not put to a vote.