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downballot

downballot is the alternative form of down-ballot.

Meaning of down-ballot

Adjective

down-ballot (comparative more down-ballot, superlative most down-ballot)

  1. Pertaining to the election of a relatively minor officeholder.
    • Just as I stepped out of the shower, I got a call from a state senator who was planning to run for a down-ballot statewide office against the mayor of a suburban city.2012, Howie Carr, Hard Knocks, →ISBN

Forms of downballot

comparativemore downballot
superlativemost downballot

Questions about downballot

What is downballot the alternative form of?
Downballot is the alternative form of down-ballot.

Words near downballot in the dictionary

  1. Downard
  2. Downards
  3. downarg
  4. downbad
  5. downball
  6. downballot
  7. downbear
  8. downbearing
  9. downbears
  10. downbeat
  11. downbeats

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