nonelection

adjective

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non·elec·tion | \ ˌnän-i-ˈlek-shən

Definition of nonelection

(Entry 1 of 2)

: not of or relating to an election a nonelection year nonelection news

nonelection

noun

Definition of nonelection (Entry 2 of 2)

: a failure or refusal to elect someone or something … the appointment of a custodian when shareholder deadlock has resulted in nonelection of successors to directors …— Robert Charles Clark

Examples of nonelection in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Even so, Adams is aggressively fundraising for this nonelection, with a grand tour of New York City’s richest, most wonderful, and sometimes most awful people. — Choire Sicha, Curbed, 21 Sep. 2021 Help such organizations be more effective on an ongoing basis by providing multiyear support during election and nonelection years alike. — Bruce Deboskey, The Denver Post, 8 Dec. 2019 Perez dismissed his first finance director months into the job, even as aides noted that the fundraising haul outpaced previous nonelection years, including when Barack Obama was president. — Bill Barrow, The Seattle Times, 12 Dec. 2018

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