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Definition of unelectable in English: unelectableadjective ʌnɪˈlɛktəb(ə)lˌənəˈlɛktəb(ə)l (of a candidate or party) very likely to be defeated at an election. Example sentencesExamples - However, yesterday she gave a strong indication she still considered herself a chance, rejecting claims that a single, childless woman was unelectable.
- But for all practical purposes, they're both unelectable this fall.
- Bills of this magnitude must be decided by the whole population, not a minority of unelected and unelectable people.
- People could afford the moral symbolism of voting for an unelectable candidate.
- He was a loyal supporter when Labour were reckoned to be unelectable, when a party leader would have lost his deposit if he had tried to muster showbiz votes for the cause.
- The Conservative Party, once advanced as ‘the natural party of government’, has become all but unelectable, and is riven by factional infighting.
- At the last election, I found the Tories won the campaign (on tax cuts and asylum) but voters concluded they were unelectable.
- An unelectable opponent does not an electable candidate make.
- It is barely even relevant that the Tories are unelectable, people will vote for them just to deliver a point.
- ‘We took a party considered unelectable and made it a feared campaigning machine that won two landslide elections,’ said Mr Campbell.
- Despite making huge strides forward under Michael Howard, the party is still considered unelectable.
- After Labour's second successive defeat in 1983, the party chose Neil Kinnock - a man widely admired by activists but who proved simply unelectable as Prime Minister.
- Opinion polls conclude he has the same popularity rating his predecessor, John Bruton, enjoyed when he was ousted as leader for being allegedly unelectable.
- The transformation from unelectable ramshackle to default party of power, was complete.
- In thriving southern England, the party appeared divided, dated, and unelectable.
- Their refusal to compromise is leading them to select candidates who are unelectable.
- The Tories are - literally, as last Thursday showed - unelectable as a serious party of government.
- In both cases, the net effect is to make the party unelectable for the next decade.
- Any candidate with whom you agree 100% is probably unelectable.
- It is republican, socialist, internationalist and, on the polling evidence, still unelectable under first-past-the-post.
Definition of unelectable in US English: unelectableadjectiveˌənəˈlektəb(ə)lˌənəˈlɛktəb(ə)l (of a candidate or party) unable to be elected. Example sentencesExamples - It is barely even relevant that the Tories are unelectable, people will vote for them just to deliver a point.
- Any candidate with whom you agree 100% is probably unelectable.
- However, yesterday she gave a strong indication she still considered herself a chance, rejecting claims that a single, childless woman was unelectable.
- The Tories are - literally, as last Thursday showed - unelectable as a serious party of government.
- In thriving southern England, the party appeared divided, dated, and unelectable.
- In both cases, the net effect is to make the party unelectable for the next decade.
- The Conservative Party, once advanced as ‘the natural party of government’, has become all but unelectable, and is riven by factional infighting.
- The transformation from unelectable ramshackle to default party of power, was complete.
- Bills of this magnitude must be decided by the whole population, not a minority of unelected and unelectable people.
- People could afford the moral symbolism of voting for an unelectable candidate.
- An unelectable opponent does not an electable candidate make.
- At the last election, I found the Tories won the campaign (on tax cuts and asylum) but voters concluded they were unelectable.
- It is republican, socialist, internationalist and, on the polling evidence, still unelectable under first-past-the-post.
- He was a loyal supporter when Labour were reckoned to be unelectable, when a party leader would have lost his deposit if he had tried to muster showbiz votes for the cause.
- Despite making huge strides forward under Michael Howard, the party is still considered unelectable.
- ‘We took a party considered unelectable and made it a feared campaigning machine that won two landslide elections,’ said Mr Campbell.
- Their refusal to compromise is leading them to select candidates who are unelectable.
- After Labour's second successive defeat in 1983, the party chose Neil Kinnock - a man widely admired by activists but who proved simply unelectable as Prime Minister.
- But for all practical purposes, they're both unelectable this fall.
- Opinion polls conclude he has the same popularity rating his predecessor, John Bruton, enjoyed when he was ousted as leader for being allegedly unelectable.
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