unelected
adjective
un·elect·ed
ˌən-i-ˈlek-təd 
: not chosen by vote : not elected
unelected government officials
unelected judges
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Even unelected officials are moved by media trends.
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Gregory Francis, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
That’s a lot of authority for nine unelected individuals to have.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Council sets policy, the mayor oversees meetings and acts as a figurehead for the public, and an unelected city manager makes sure trash gets picked up.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
That’s something that his reformist and moderate predecessors have mostly failed to achieve because so much of Iran’s policy is ultimately decided by unelected bodies like the judiciary or Khamenei himself.
—Luba Kassova, Fortune, 6 July 2024
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Gregory Francis, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
That’s a lot of authority for nine unelected individuals to have.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Council sets policy, the mayor oversees meetings and acts as a figurehead for the public, and an unelected city manager makes sure trash gets picked up.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
That’s something that his reformist and moderate predecessors have mostly failed to achieve because so much of Iran’s policy is ultimately decided by unelected bodies like the judiciary or Khamenei himself.
—Luba Kassova, Fortune, 6 July 2024
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“Unelected.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unelected. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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