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voteless

adj

Etymology

From vote + -less.

  1. derived from *h₁wegʷʰ-✻ — “to promise, to vow”
  2. derived from vōtum
  3. suffixed as voteless — “vote + less”

Definitions

  1. Without a vote or votes.

    • a voteless decision

  2. Not allowed a vote.

    • By the mid-19th century, the typical village was sharply divided between the landowning class and the landless, voteless and largely illiterate labourers.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA