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appointive
[uh-poin-tiv]
adjective
pertaining to or filled by appointment.
an appointive office.
having the ability or authority to appoint.
appointive powers.
appointive
/ əˈɔɪԳɪ /
adjective
relating to or filled by appointment
an appointive position
Other Word Forms
- nonappointive adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of appointive1
Example Sentences
“Is it really an appointive process if there’s a vote being taken?” said Judge Roderick Young, a Trump appointee.
“It is my understanding that ‘appointive office’ as used in RCW. 77.04.040 does not include a volunteer position like a planning commission member who serves in an advisory capacity only.
Mr. Dinkins was a cautious, deliberate Harlem Democrat who climbed to City Hall through relatively minor elective and appointive offices.
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.
In fact, Bush rose in the Party because of electoral, not appointive, politics.
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