English words for 'Lacking the right to vote.'
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noun
adj
adj
- deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- (figurative) Without a vote; having no input into a decision.
- uttered without voice
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
- Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
- (phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].
noun
- a citizen who has a legal right to vote
- any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
- (historical) Alternative letter-case form of Elector (“a German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire”).
- (British, Commonwealth) A person eligible to vote to elect a Member of Parliament.
- A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States.
- (politics) A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
noun
- the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote
- (chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A geographical area represented by one or more elected officials; a constituency, an electoral district.
- The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.
- (historical) The office, or area of dominion, of an Elector (“a German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire”); an electorship.
adj
verb
noun
- A voter who is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.
- (chiefly British, historical) A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
- Something that is not present where it might be expected.
- (attributive) Designating something whose owner, person responsible, etc. is absent.
- (law) A person who is absent from their residence and usual environment, and has not been seen or heard from for some period of time, so that it is unknown whether they are still alive, for the purpose of civil law dealing with the management of property etc. in such cases.
- A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
- (attributive) Designating a person absent in a particular capacity, sometimes implying that they are difficult to contact, unresponsive, avoiding their responsibilities, etc.
- one that is absent or not in residence
noun
- (US) An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
- An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
- The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
- The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
- (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
- A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
- An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
- (sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
- A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
- A bid to overcome something.
- (law, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
- The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
- a call to engage in a contest or fight
- a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
- questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
- a demanding or stimulating situation
- a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
verb
- (US, transitive) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
- (Canada, US, transitive) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
- To call something into question or dispute.
- (transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
- (military, transitive) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
- (transitive) To dispute (something); to contest.
- (law, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.
- (transitive) To be difficult or challenging for.
- (transitive) To dare (someone).
- ask for identification
- raise a formal objection in a court of law
- issue a challenge to
- take exception to
noun
- (uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
- (countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
- (countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
- (uncountable) Aid, intercession.
- (countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
- Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
- (US) The right of women to vote.
- a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
noun
- A member of a governmental legislature who lacks voting power.
- (computing) A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.
- A representative at a conference, etc.
- (US) An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
- A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
- a person appointed or elected to represent others
verb
- (intransitive) To commit tasks and responsibilities to others, especially subordinates.
- (computing, Internet, transitive) (of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.
- (transitive) To commit (a task or responsibility) to someone, especially a subordinate.
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- transfer power to someone
verb
- grant voting rights
- To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
- grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
- To grant municipal or parliamentary rights to an entity such as a city or constituency.
- To grant freedom from slavery, duty or servitude.
- (property law, England and Wales, historical) to convert a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
noun
- the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
- The act of fitting or closing something with bars.
- (sewing) The sewing of a decorative bar or tack upon a fabric or leather.
- (collective) Bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars.
- The exclusion of someone; blackballing.
- (mining) Timber used for supporting the roof or sides of shafts.
prep
verb
noun
- the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
- (countable) A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
- (countable) A kind of large black sweet, a black-colored gobstopper.
- (countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
- A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
- (uncountable) A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.
verb
noun
- A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
- An invocation of that right.
- A technique or mechanism for discarding what would otherwise constitute a false positive in a scientific experiment.
- An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
- a vote that blocks a decision
- the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)
verb
adj
- Of a legislature, lacking a majority political party.
- Having hanging additions or appendages.
- (computing, colloquial) Of a computer or similar device, receiving power but not functioning as desired; working very slowly or not at all. The condition is often corrected by rebooting the computer.
- Suspended by hanging.
- (colloquial, of a person, slightly vulgar) Having a large penis (often well hung).
- (law) Of a jury, unable to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial.
verb
noun
noun
noun
- a citizen who has a legal right to vote
- any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
- (historical) Alternative letter-case form of Elector (“a German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire”).
- (British, Commonwealth) A person eligible to vote to elect a Member of Parliament.
- A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States.
- (politics) A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
noun
- the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote
- (chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A geographical area represented by one or more elected officials; a constituency, an electoral district.
- The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.
- (historical) The office, or area of dominion, of an Elector (“a German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire”); an electorship.
noun
- A voter who is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.
- (chiefly British, historical) A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
- Something that is not present where it might be expected.
- (attributive) Designating something whose owner, person responsible, etc. is absent.
- (law) A person who is absent from their residence and usual environment, and has not been seen or heard from for some period of time, so that it is unknown whether they are still alive, for the purpose of civil law dealing with the management of property etc. in such cases.
- A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
- (attributive) Designating a person absent in a particular capacity, sometimes implying that they are difficult to contact, unresponsive, avoiding their responsibilities, etc.
- one that is absent or not in residence
noun
- (US) An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
- An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
- The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
- The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
- (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
- A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
- An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
- (sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
- A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
- A bid to overcome something.
- (law, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
- The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
- a call to engage in a contest or fight
- a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
- questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
- a demanding or stimulating situation
- a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
verb
- (US, transitive) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
- (Canada, US, transitive) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
- To call something into question or dispute.
- (transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
- (military, transitive) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
- (transitive) To dispute (something); to contest.
- (law, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.
- (transitive) To be difficult or challenging for.
- (transitive) To dare (someone).
- ask for identification
- raise a formal objection in a court of law
- issue a challenge to
- take exception to
noun
- (uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
- (countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
- (countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
- (uncountable) Aid, intercession.
- (countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
- Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
- (US) The right of women to vote.
- a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
noun
- A member of a governmental legislature who lacks voting power.
- (computing) A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.
- A representative at a conference, etc.
- (US) An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
- A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
- a person appointed or elected to represent others
verb
- (intransitive) To commit tasks and responsibilities to others, especially subordinates.
- (computing, Internet, transitive) (of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.
- (transitive) To commit (a task or responsibility) to someone, especially a subordinate.
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- transfer power to someone
noun
- the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
- The act of fitting or closing something with bars.
- (sewing) The sewing of a decorative bar or tack upon a fabric or leather.
- (collective) Bars; an arrangement or pattern of stripes or bars.
- The exclusion of someone; blackballing.
- (mining) Timber used for supporting the roof or sides of shafts.
prep
verb
noun
- the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
- (countable) A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
- (countable) A kind of large black sweet, a black-colored gobstopper.
- (countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
- A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
- (uncountable) A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.
verb
noun
- A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
- An invocation of that right.
- A technique or mechanism for discarding what would otherwise constitute a false positive in a scientific experiment.
- An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
- a vote that blocks a decision
- the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)
verb
noun
verb
- grant voting rights
- To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
- grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
- To grant municipal or parliamentary rights to an entity such as a city or constituency.
- To grant freedom from slavery, duty or servitude.
- (property law, England and Wales, historical) to convert a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
noun
- (US) An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
- An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
- The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
- The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
- (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
- A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
- An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
- (sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
- A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
- A bid to overcome something.
- (law, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
- The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
- a call to engage in a contest or fight
- a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
- questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
- a demanding or stimulating situation
- a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
verb
- (US, transitive) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
- (Canada, US, transitive) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
- To call something into question or dispute.
- (transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
- (military, transitive) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
- (transitive) To dispute (something); to contest.
- (law, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.
- (transitive) To be difficult or challenging for.
- (transitive) To dare (someone).
- ask for identification
- raise a formal objection in a court of law
- issue a challenge to
- take exception to
adj
adj
- deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- (figurative) Without a vote; having no input into a decision.
- uttered without voice
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
- Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
- (phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].
adj
verb
adj
- Of a legislature, lacking a majority political party.
- Having hanging additions or appendages.
- (computing, colloquial) Of a computer or similar device, receiving power but not functioning as desired; working very slowly or not at all. The condition is often corrected by rebooting the computer.
- Suspended by hanging.
- (colloquial, of a person, slightly vulgar) Having a large penis (often well hung).
- (law) Of a jury, unable to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial.