unelectable
adjective
un·elect·able ˌən-i-ˈlek-tə-bəl 
: not capable of being elected : not electable
a candidate regarded by many as unelectable
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Doughty, who repeatedly painted Diehl as unelectable during the primary, threw his support behind the nominee after conceding Tuesday. 
Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022 Such candidates can’t be treated as part of a comically unelectable, and thus harmless, fringe. Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2022 Schulz and Hogan described Cox as unelectable statewide in a general election, when the winner will need the support of moderates and some Democrats, as Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 2-1 in Maryland. Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2022 Schulz has called those positions unelectable in a November race against a Democratic nominee, in which the winner will need the support of some Democrats and moderate Republicans. Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2022 No longer do these voters follow the old pattern of threatening to back seemingly unelectable alternatives to the establishment only to relent and hand out the Republican nomination like a gold watch at a retirement party. W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 6 Dec. 2021 Bartos, meanwhile, has claimed the existence of the protection orders made Parnell unelectable. Michael Warren, CNN, 24 Oct. 2021 His unelectable Republican opponent is Curtis Sliwa, a street mercenary and former mob kidnap victim who lives with either 16 or 17 cats. Choire Sicha, Curbed, 21 Sep. 2021 Whatever the new thinking — bold, strong, even unelectable — humility may be needed as well. Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2021 See More
Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022 Such candidates can’t be treated as part of a comically unelectable, and thus harmless, fringe. Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2022 Schulz and Hogan described Cox as unelectable statewide in a general election, when the winner will need the support of moderates and some Democrats, as Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 2-1 in Maryland. Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2022 Schulz has called those positions unelectable in a November race against a Democratic nominee, in which the winner will need the support of some Democrats and moderate Republicans. Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2022 No longer do these voters follow the old pattern of threatening to back seemingly unelectable alternatives to the establishment only to relent and hand out the Republican nomination like a gold watch at a retirement party. W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 6 Dec. 2021 Bartos, meanwhile, has claimed the existence of the protection orders made Parnell unelectable. Michael Warren, CNN, 24 Oct. 2021 His unelectable Republican opponent is Curtis Sliwa, a street mercenary and former mob kidnap victim who lives with either 16 or 17 cats. Choire Sicha, Curbed, 21 Sep. 2021 Whatever the new thinking — bold, strong, even unelectable — humility may be needed as well. Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1932, in the meaning defined above
- collational
- collationes bonorum
- collations
- collative
- collator
- collators
- colleague
- colleagued
- colleagues
- colleagueship
- colleagueships
- colleaguing
- collect
- collect for the day
- collect on delivery
- collect up
- collectability
- collectable
- collectables
- collectanea
- collectaria
- collectarium
- collectariums
- collected
- collected edition