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unelect

unelect verb: to vote (somebody previously elected) out of office.

Verb

unelect (third-person singular simple present unelects, present participle unelecting, simple past and past participle unelected)

  1. (transitive) To vote (somebody previously elected) out of office.
    • In detailing the machinations of superrich Democratic activists like George Soros, who blew through close to $30 million of his wealth in an unsuccessful attempt to unelect George W. Bush in 2004, and barricade-bashing cyberpunks like Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, founder of the popular Daily Kos Web...2007 September 2, Nick Gillespie, “Democratic Vistas”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    vote out

Synonyms of unelect

Forms of unelect

third-person singular presentunelects
present participleunelecting
past participleunelected
pastunelected

Origin of unelect

From un- + elect.

Questions about unelect

What does unelect mean?
Unelect means to vote (somebody previously elected) out of office.
What part of speech is unelect?
Unelect is a verb.
What is the past tense of unelect?
The past tense of unelect is unelected.

Words near unelect in the dictionary

  1. unelasticized
  2. unelated
  3. unelating
  4. unelbowed
  5. unelderly
  6. unelect
  7. unelectability
  8. unelectable
  9. unelectables
  10. unelectably
  11. unelected

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