different between elected vs unelectable

elected

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??l?kt?d/
  • Hyphenation: elect?ed

Verb

elected

  1. simple past tense and past participle of elect

Noun

elected (plural electeds)

  1. One who is elected.

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  • what elected officials have term limits
  • what elected mean
  • what elected positions can i run for
  • what elected offices can i run for
  • which government officials can be impeached


unelectable

English

Etymology

un- +? electable

Adjective

unelectable (comparative more unelectable, superlative most unelectable)

  1. (of a person or party) Incapable of being elected to political office, especially due to a lack of suitable qualities or policies.
    • 2008 March 1, Adrian Blomfield, "Has Russia got a new Stalin?", The Daily Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 26 Sep 2012):
      Just to be on the safe side, the The Kremlin has also banned any of Putin's serious critics from standing. Three unelectable misfits have been allowed to mount token challenges.

Translations

Noun

unelectable (plural unelectables)

  1. A person who is unable or unfit to be elected to office.

See also

  • could not get elected dogcatcher

References

  • unelectable at OneLook Dictionary Search

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  • what is unelectable meaning
  • what does unelectable
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