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unelectable

unelectable adjective: incapable or unlikely of being elected to political office, especially due to a lack of suitable qualities or policies.

Adjective

unelectable (comparative more unelectable, superlative most unelectable)

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

Noun

unelectable (plural unelectables)

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

Forms of unelectable

Adjective
comparativemore unelectable
superlativemost unelectable
Noun
pluralunelectables

Origin of unelectable

From un- + electable.

Words formed from unelectable

Questions about unelectable

What does unelectable mean?
Unelectable means incapable or unlikely of being elected to political office, especially due to a lack of suitable qualities or policies.
What part of speech is unelectable?
Unelectable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near unelectable in the dictionary

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

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