unelectable

adjective

un·elect·able ˌən-i-ˈlek-tə-bəl

: not capable of being elected : not electable

a candidate regarded by many as unelectable

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Starmer and Labour won power in Britain without saying very much, or at least not anything very compelling, because the alternative was unelectable. —

Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024 Climate-science deniers are unelectable, perceived as laughably unfit for office. —

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024 What makes this performance, which would render anyone in a normal election cycle unelectable, more demoralizing is the reaction of the press. —

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024 Back then, Trump was ascendant but seen by some as an unelectable diversion from party orthodoxy who was not fit for the presidency. —

Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for unelectable