unelected
adjective
un·elect·ed
ˌən-i-ˈlek-təd 
: not chosen by vote : not elected
unelected government officials
unelected judges
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Unlike City Council members, Planning and Zoning Commission members are unelected appointees.
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Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2025
Detractors are concerned that an unelected, unaccountable man holds so much power and is disrupting the federal government mightily from seeking to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to defunding the U.S. Department of Education.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Our democracy is not intended for one unelected person to be able to bend elections to his wishes.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
Public lands sale would impact Boise trails Lee revised the legislation after the Senate parliamentarian, an unelected adviser who interprets rules and laws for the governing body, removed the initial draft from the budget reconciliation bill.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2025
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Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2025
Detractors are concerned that an unelected, unaccountable man holds so much power and is disrupting the federal government mightily from seeking to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to defunding the U.S. Department of Education.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Our democracy is not intended for one unelected person to be able to bend elections to his wishes.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
Public lands sale would impact Boise trails Lee revised the legislation after the Senate parliamentarian, an unelected adviser who interprets rules and laws for the governing body, removed the initial draft from the budget reconciliation bill.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2025
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“Unelected.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unelected. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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