Meanings
comparative more unconstitutional · superlative most unconstitutional
- Contrary to or violative of the constitution of a state or other sovereign institution.First known use 18th C.
That recently passed political bill has been declared unconstitutional.
1 more example
A California law that ensures many gig workers are considered independent contractors, while affording them some limited benefits, is unconstitutional and unenforceable, a California Superior Court judge ruled Friday evening.
2021 August 20, Kate Conger, “California’s Gig Worker Law Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: anticonstitutional · Antonyms: constitutional
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveContrary to or violative of the constitution of a state or other sovereign institution.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot consistent with or according to a constitution; contrary to the U.S. Constitution
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishconstitutional
- Englishunconstitutional
From un- + constitutional.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غَيْرُ دُسْتُورِيّ
- غَيْرُ دُسْتُورِيّ (ḡayru dustūriyy)contrary to the constitution
Bulgarian противоконституцио́нен
- противоконституцио́нен (protivokonstituciónen)contrary to the constitution
Catalan inconstitucional
- inconstitucionalcontrary to the constitution
Chinese Mandarin 違憲 /违宪
- 違憲 /违宪 (wéixiàn)contrary to the constitution
Czech protiústavní, neústavní
- protiústavnícontrary to the constitution
- neústavnícontrary to the constitution
Danish grundlovsstridig, i strid med grundloven
- grundlovsstridigcontrary to the constitution
- i strid med grundlovencontrary to the constitution
- forfatningsstridigcontrary to the constitution
Dutch ongrondwettelijk, ongrondwettig
- ongrondwettelijkcontrary to the constitution
- ongrondwettigcontrary to the constitution
Finnish perustuslain vastainen
- perustuslain vastainencontrary to the constitution
French inconstitutionnel, anticonstitutionnel
- inconstitutionnelcontrary to the constitution
- anticonstitutionnelcontrary to the constitution
German verfassungswidrig
- verfassungswidrigcontrary to the constitution
Hindi असंवैधानिक
- असंवैधानिक (asamvaidhānik)contrary to the constitution
Hungarian alkotmányellenes
- alkotmányellenescontrary to the constitution
Indonesian inkonstitusional
- inkonstitusionalcontrary to the constitution
Irish míbhunreachtúil
- míbhunreachtúilcontrary to the constitution
Italian incostituzionale
- incostituzionalecontrary to the constitution
Japanese 違憲
- 違憲 (iken)contrary to the constitution
Polish niekonstytucyjny, antykonstytucyjny
- niekonstytucyjnycontrary to the constitution
- antykonstytucyjnycontrary to the constitution
Portuguese inconstitucional, anticonstitucional
- inconstitucionalcontrary to the constitution
- anticonstitucionalcontrary to the constitution
Russian неконституцио́нный
- неконституцио́нный (nekonstituciónnyj)contrary to the constitution
Spanish inconstitucional, anticonstitucional
- inconstitucionalcontrary to the constitution
- anticonstitucionalcontrary to the constitution
Swedish grundlagsvidrig, okonstitutionell
- grundlagsvidrigcontrary to the constitution
- okonstitutionellcontrary to the constitution
Vietnamese vi hiến
- vi hiếncontrary to the constitution
Cite this entry
unconstitutional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconstitutional
“unconstitutional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconstitutional. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unconstitutional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconstitutional.
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