Unelect

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. To remove someone from an elected position through a formal process or vote
2. To dethrone or oust an elected official from their post or position of authority
3. To deprive an elected person of their office or representative status

Etymology: "Unelect" is a plain formation: the prefix "un-" joined to "elect," which in English has meant to choose someone by vote or by some formal process of selection. The prefix "un-" here carries its common sense of reversing an action, so to unelect someone is to undo their election, removing them from the office they were chosen to fill. Because the base verb is so familiar, the word's meaning is transparent: it is a reversal of a choosing rather than a term with a separate history of its own.

Synonyms: unelected, not elected

Antonyms: elected