appointive
Americanadjective
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pertaining to or filled by appointment.
an appointive office.
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having the ability or authority to appoint.
appointive powers.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonappointive adjective
Etymology
Origin of appointive
Example Sentences
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“Is it really an appointive process if there’s a vote being taken?” said Judge Roderick Young, a Trump appointee.
From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2024
As president of the city’s appointive Board of Elections in 1972-73, Dinkins widened voter rolls.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2020
Comey: I think I’m done in governments, certainly in an appointive role, I would never run for office, but an appointed role in government.
From MSNBC • Jun. 26, 2019
In fact, Bush rose in the Party because of electoral, not appointive, politics.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 1, 2018
A patron of young Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he held other state appointive offices before getting himself named chairman of the new State Commission on Prison Reform.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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