A system, process, or decision that is undemocratic is one that is controlled or made by one person or a small number of people, ratherthan by all the people involved.
...the undemocratic rule of the former political establishment.
Opponents denounced the decree as undemocratic and unconstitutional.
...the undemocratic seizure of power by the military.
undemocratic in British English
(ˌʌndɛməˈkrætɪk)
adjective
not characterized by, derived from, or relating to the principles of democracy
Examples of 'undemocratic' in a sentence
undemocratic
The advocacy of democratic reform and the claim that the system is undemocratic largely pass them by.
Hirst, Paul After Thatcher (1989)
This law is unconstitutional and undemocratic and it should be cancelled.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It's patronising to women and profoundly undemocratic.
The Sun (2010)
But it's also somewhat silly in an organisation in which nearly a third of the member nations have undemocratic totalitarian regimes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The EU is profoundly undemocratic and is designed to remain that way.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They always say that, particularly in nasty, undemocratic regimes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Sir, It was right to point out the undemocratic regime of the school governor.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But my point, often made, is that undemocratic regimes do those things all the time.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
If only a few people understand the foundation of that society, it is not only profoundly undemocratic, it is dangerous.