Meanings
adjectiveunelectable (comparative more unelectable, superlative most unelectable)
comparative more unelectable · superlative most unelectable
- Incapable or unlikely of being elected to political office, especially due to a lack of suitable qualities or policies.
Just to be on the safe side, the Kremlin has also banned any of Putin's serious critics from standing. Three unelectable misfits have been allowed to mount token challenges.
2008 March 1, Adrian Blomfield, "Has Russia got a new Stalin?", The Daily Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 26 Sep 2012)
noununelectable (plural unelectables)
plural unelectables
- A person who is unable, unlikely, or unfit to be elected to office.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishelect
- Englishelectable
- Englishunelectable
Translations
Bulgarian неизбираем
- неизбираем (neizbiraem)incapable or unlikely of being elected
Catalan inelegible
- inelegibleincapable or unlikely of being elected
French inéligible
- inéligibleincapable or unlikely of being elected
German unwählbar
- unwählbarincapable or unlikely of being elected
Italian ineleggibile
- ineleggibileincapable or unlikely of being elected
Portuguese inelegível
- inelegívelincapable or unlikely of being elected
Spanish inelegible
- inelegibleincapable or unlikely of being elected
Cite this entry
APA
unelectable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unelectable
MLA
“unelectable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unelectable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unelectable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unelectable.
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