unelected
adjective
un·elect·ed
ˌən-i-ˈlek-təd 
: not chosen by vote : not elected
unelected government officials
unelected judges
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National Endowment For The Humanities Early in the Trump administration, unelected shadow president Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency announced massive funding cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Who cares more about a child’s education — some unelected bureaucrat, or their parents and grandparents?
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025
Before becoming Syria’s unelected president, al-Sharaa founded a militant group known as Jabhat al-Nusra, which pledged allegiance to al Qaeda.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
An unelected, unaccountable private citizen had unilaterally thwarted a military operation in an active war zone while exposing the fact that governments had remarkably little control over crucial decisions affecting their citizens and national security.
—Ian Bremmer, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Who cares more about a child’s education — some unelected bureaucrat, or their parents and grandparents?
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 May 2025
Before becoming Syria’s unelected president, al-Sharaa founded a militant group known as Jabhat al-Nusra, which pledged allegiance to al Qaeda.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
An unelected, unaccountable private citizen had unilaterally thwarted a military operation in an active war zone while exposing the fact that governments had remarkably little control over crucial decisions affecting their citizens and national security.
—Ian Bremmer, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2025
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“Unelected.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unelected. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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