Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word non-elected.
Examples
-
A lesbian feminist, appointed by Paul Martin … the type of “Progressive Conservative” that Liberals like to appoint to non-elected office …
ProWomanProLife » I guess some people can’t resist making anti-useful statements 2010
-
He also mentioned that trying Gaddafi on Libyan soil was "very important" to the Libyans, by whom he presumably meant the non-elected National Transitional Council NTC, whom he also claimed had "primacy" over the case.
Seth Engel: The Libya Trial -- Victor's Justice at the ICC? Seth Engel 2012
-
Take for instance how the public feels about various public figures and groups like the President, the Republicans, and their elected leaders and non-elected spokespersons.
David C. Wilson: Obama Dominates Republicans in Polls David C. Wilson 2010
-
The only non-elected officeholders to win the presidency have been military generals.
-
It also dominates all of the non-elected Republican politicos: Mike Huckabee (26%), Mitt Romney (21%), Newt Gingrich (24%), and Sarah Palin (30%).
David C. Wilson: Obama Dominates Republicans in Polls David C. Wilson 2010
-
Another non-elected person, Glenys Kinnock (wife of a former leader of the Labour party) has been made minister for Europe.
June 2009 Maxine 2009
-
Another non-elected person, Glenys Kinnock (wife of a former leader of the Labour party) has been made minister for Europe.
PETRONA Maxine 2009
-
Another non-elected person, Glenys Kinnock (wife of a former leader of the Labour party) has been made minister for Europe.
I don't know where we are going Maxine 2009
-
Another non-elected person, Glenys Kinnock (wife of a former leader of the Labour party) has been made minister for Europe.
I don't know where we are going Maxine 2009
-
The worst-case scenario from the plans is that the professionalism of the police could be downgraded, and that could cause corruption and the public to lose confidence in the police, said De Grazia, who served in the New York district attorney's office from 1975 to 1987 and became Manhattan's most senior non-elected law officer, in charge of 400 lawyers, fraud investigators and prosecutors.
Coalition's US-style shakeup of police 'would breed corruption' 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.