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nonelection

adjective
non·​elec·​tion | \ ËŒnän-i-ˈlek-shÉ™n How to pronounce nonelection (audio) \

Definition of nonelection

 (Entry 1 of 2)

: not of or relating to an election a nonelection year nonelection news

nonelection

noun

Definition of nonelection (Entry 2 of 2)

: a failure or refusal to elect someone or something … the appointment of a custodian when shareholder deadlock has resulted in nonelection of successors to directors …— Robert Charles Clark

Examples of nonelection in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

 Perez dismissed his first finance director months into the job, even as aides noted that the fundraising haul outpaced previous nonelection years, including when Barack Obama was president. — Bill Barrow, The Seattle Times, "Top Democratic donors hear from rising stars ahead of 2020," 12 Dec. 2018

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First Known Use of nonelection

Adjective

1896, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1629, in the meaning defined above

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