unelected

adjective

un·​elect·​ed ˌən-i-ˈlek-təd 

: not chosen by vote : not elected

unelected government officials

unelected judges

Examples of unelected in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What happened Britain’s House of Lords, the unelected upper chamber of Parliament, will no longer include hereditary peers under a bill that gained final approval Tuesday night. —Peter Weber, TheWeek, 12 Mar. 2026

Khamenei rallied the clerical establishment, and unelected bodies run by mullahs shut down major reforms and barred reform candidates from elections. —Lee Keath, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026

Khamenei rallied the clerical establishment, and unelected bodies run by mullahs shut down major reforms and barred reform candidates from elections. —Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026

The company operates under the authority of Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board, an unelected body imposed by Congress in 2016. —Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 28 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unelected

• disaffected
• disconnected
• disinfected
• interjected
• intersected
• misdirected
• preselected
• recollected
• reconnected
• redirected
• reelected
• resurrected