nonelected
Americanadjective
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chosen for a position or office without running in an election.
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not specifically chosen.
Example Sentences
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He startled many people by hiring a Black man, Terry Duvernay, as his chief administrative officer, the top nonelected position in city government.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2022
The problem: One of the nominees was former Chelminiak, who had opposed the idea of having nonelected leaders on the governing committee.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2020
They were almost equally alarmed by the Quebec Act, an unrelated piece of legislation that established a nonelected government for the former New France and protected its Catholic Church.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
“It should never be considered ‘time for a general’ to fill the senior-most nonelected civilian position in the operational chain of command,” Hicks said in her opening testimony.
From Slate • Jan. 10, 2017
The two were Yoruba Chieftain Obafemi Awolowo, a major architect of Nigeria's independence, and Nnamdi Azikiwe, an Ibo leader who was the nonelected President during the brief parliamentary republic.
From Time Magazine Archive
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