unelected
adjective
un·elect·ed
ˌən-i-ˈlek-təd 
: not chosen by vote : not elected
unelected government officials
unelected judges
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Thanks to their alliance, Musk briefly achieved powers that few unelected Americans have ever possessed.
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Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
With a single sentence, Arizona reaffirmed the judiciary’s supremacy and stripped interpretive power from unelected bureaucrats.
—Jon Riches, Oc Register, 27 June 2025
Instead, the cabinet was led by the independent and unelected Schoof, a career bureaucrat who had led the Dutch intelligence agency AIVD and was the senior official at the ministry of justice.
—Bart H. Meijer, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Labour holds a firm majority in the House of Commons, and the unelected upper house tends to take a hands-off approach to election laws.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2025
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Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
With a single sentence, Arizona reaffirmed the judiciary’s supremacy and stripped interpretive power from unelected bureaucrats.
—Jon Riches, Oc Register, 27 June 2025
Instead, the cabinet was led by the independent and unelected Schoof, a career bureaucrat who had led the Dutch intelligence agency AIVD and was the senior official at the ministry of justice.
—Bart H. Meijer, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Labour holds a firm majority in the House of Commons, and the unelected upper house tends to take a hands-off approach to election laws.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2025
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“Unelected.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unelected. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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