How to Use undemocratic in a Sentence

undemocratic

adjective
  • The proposed law is fundamentally undemocratic.
  • But these can come to seem undemocratic and can further fan the flames of populism.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 8 July 2024
  • Some might argue that the whole concept of term limits is undemocratic.
    — Amanda Taub, New York Times, 6 June 2024
  • In undemocratic systems, some get to play god while others suffer.
    — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanities, 16 Nov. 2017
  • Trump seems to relate easily to undemocratic rulers and even to envy them.
    — Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 25 June 2020
  • During my time, I was accused of being undemocratic and all that.
    — Laignee Barron / Langkawi, Time, 8 May 2018
  • The idea of striking down a law in this way is almost comically undemocratic.
    — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 15 Dec. 2018
  • Maher laid out a scary undemocratic scenario in the hopes of arousing viewers from slumber.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Or the glutton who wants to buy all the fish in the market—a symbol of someone who is totally undemocratic.
    — Paul Greenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The amount of power Manchin is about to wield over the Senate may be wildly undemocratic.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2021
  • To some this may seem an eccentric, even undemocratic way to pick the leader of an advanced democracy.
    — R.c., The Economist, 28 June 2019
  • Trump can't delay the election, of course, and the members of Congress who can were quick to shut down his undemocratic idea.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 30 July 2020
  • And yet, most people also think such a change cannot be made—a disgracefully undemocratic predicament.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The board of education, at the time, even released a statement saying that the process was undemocratic.
    — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 11 June 2021
  • In Iowa, the story turned out to be the undemocratic disarray of the caucuses.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2020
  • The people who dream of a better world are up against a sclerotic and undemocratic system helmed by people who tell us things can’t be better.
    — Colette Shade, The New Republic, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The move was criticized as an undemocratic attempt to bar other Democrats from competing for the seat.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Is that not undemocratic, particularly for someone who's running to be the leader of this country and the free world again?
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 30 June 2024
  • But the focus of Xi Thought on soft power is the less developed, less wealthy, and often undemocratic parts of the world.
    — Steve Tsang, TIME, 11 May 2024
  • While some have pledged to give most of their wealth to charity, that still puts them in an enormous position of undemocratic, unvarnished power.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
  • The United States and others in the region say the electoral process in Venezuela is rigged and undemocratic.
    — Jim Wyss, miamiherald, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said there was nothing untoward or undemocratic in the process under way.
    — Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2018
  • Only in the outmoded and undemocratic Electoral College count will there be a crush.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2025
  • This episode of What’s Ahead describes how this scheme works and leads to voter confusion and weird, undemocratic results.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Indeed, there would be more leverage for Russia, if the country was corrupt and undemocratic, to pressure some of its leaders.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Critics call the system confusing and even undemocratic, since candidates who initially get the most first-place votes don’t always win in the end.
    — Michael Wines, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • William Whitford, a Democratic activist who is the lead plaintiff, called the maps undemocratic.
    — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2017
  • Voting rights activists, some of whom have already filed lawsuits, say the new law is an undemocratic effort to suppress the votes of racial minorities and others.
    — Daniel Dale, CNN, 7 May 2021
  • After the meeting, Canepa called the board’s decision undemocratic.
    — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Contra to many prior popes, this See is not afraid to weigh in on the lopsided powers granted to the billionaire class, or an undemocratic state.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026

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