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Prayer and dependence on God has been our history. How unfortunate it is now that an unaccountable and unelected and misguided judge from Wisconsin, Judge Barbara Crabb, has declared National Days of Prayer - established by the Congress - to be unconstitutional.
James Dobson

Meaning of "unconstitutional" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL

unconstitutional  [ˌʌnkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unconstitutional is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNCONSTITUTIONAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Constitutionality

Constitutionality is the condition of acting in accordance with an applicable constitution; the status of a law, a procedure, or an act's accordance with the laws or guidelines set forth in the applicable constitution. When one of these directly violates the constitution it is unconstitutional. All the rest are considered constitutional until challenged and declared otherwise.

Definition of unconstitutional in the English dictionary

The definition of unconstitutional in the dictionary is at variance with or not permitted by a constitution.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNCONSTITUTIONAL


abortional
əˈbɔːʃənəl
attributional
ˌætrɪˈbjuːʃənəl
constitutional
ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl
contortional
kənˈtɔːʃənəl
convolutional
ˌkɒnvəˈluːʃənəl
disproportional
ˌdɪsprəˈpɔːʃənəl
distortional
dɪsˈtɔːʃənəl
distributional
ˌdɪstrɪˈbjuːʃənəl
evolutional
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənəl
insertional
ɪnˈsɜːʃənəl
institutional
ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl
involutional
ˌɪnvəˈluːʃənəl
precautional
prɪˈkɔːʃənəl
proportional
prəˈpɔːʃənəl
reversional
rɪˈvɜːʃənəl
revolutional
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənəl
secretional
sɪˈkriːʃənəl
solutional
səˈluːʃənəl
substitutional
ˌsʌbstɪˈtjuːʃənəl
torsional
ˈtɔːʃənəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNCONSTITUTIONAL

unconsciousness
unconsecrate
unconsecrated
unconsentaneous
unconsenting
unconsidered
unconsidering
unconsoled
unconsolidated
unconstant
unconstitutional strike
unconstitutionality
unconstitutionally
unconstrainable
unconstrained
unconstrainedly
unconstraint
unconstricted
unconstructed
unconstructive

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNCONSTITUTIONAL

additional
conventional
dimensional
educational
emotional
exceptional
functional
inspirational
international
national
occasional
operational
optional
personal
professional
promotional
regional
the National
the Second International
traditional
transitional

Synonyms and antonyms of unconstitutional in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «unconstitutional» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Find out the translation of unconstitutional to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unconstitutional from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unconstitutional» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

违反宪法的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anticonstitucional
570 millions of speakers

English

unconstitutional
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असंवैधानिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير دستوري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неконституционным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inconstitucional
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিয়মতন্ত্রবিরোধী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inconstitutionnel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berperlembagaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verfassungswidrig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

憲法違反の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

위헌의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unconstitutional
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vi hiến
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரசியலமைப்பிற்கு விரோதமானது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असंवैधानिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

anayasaya aykırı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incostituzionale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niekonstytucyjne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неконституційним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neconstituțională
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντισυνταγματική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongrondwetlik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

okonstitutionellt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grunnlovsstridig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unconstitutional

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNCONSTITUTIONAL»

The term «unconstitutional» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.109 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNCONSTITUTIONAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unconstitutional

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10 QUOTES WITH «UNCONSTITUTIONAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unconstitutional.
1
Justin Amash
Legislation that names a specific private organization to defund (rather than all organizations that engage in a particular activity) is improper and arguably unconstitutional.
2
Sharron Angle
The tenet of the separation of church and state is an unconstitutional doctrine.
3
Michael Badnarik
I am opposed to any individual taxes until we eliminate all of the unconstitutional agencies, and I suspect we wouldn't need a tax after that.
4
Bob Beauprez
After the Democrats shoved the 2700 pages of ObamaCare down our throats - and we did find out how expensive, controlling, and coercive the legislation was - a majority of Americans wanted the Supreme Court to toss it aside as unconstitutional.
5
Hugo Black
The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional.
6
John Cornyn
The Supreme Court has never ruled that Congress can use the Commerce Clause to require individuals to engage in an activity they have chosen to avoid. Yet that is precisely what Obamacare does: It forces Americans without health insurance to purchase coverage. Such a requirement is unprecedented and unconstitutional.
7
Caleb Cushing
Be the responsibility on their heads who raise this novel and extraordinary question of reception, going to the unconstitutional abridgment, as I conceive, of the great right of petition inherent in the People of the United States.
8
Stockwell Day
Our national media refuses to report that even the Supreme Court did not say marriage was a human right in all cases nor did it say that the heterosexual definition violated anyone's right or that the heterosexual definition of marriage was unconstitutional.
9
James Dobson
Prayer and dependence on God has been our history. How unfortunate it is now that an unaccountable and unelected and misguided judge from Wisconsin, Judge Barbara Crabb, has declared National Days of Prayer - established by the Congress - to be unconstitutional.
10
Frank B. Kellogg
To be sure, in some instances these proceedings have been unconstitutional, but we must remember that it is not the first time since a war that there have been changes in governments by such methods.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNCONSTITUTIONAL»

Discover the use of unconstitutional in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unconstitutional and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tackling the Unconstitutional Overthrow of Democracies: ...
There is a rich history of case law within the Commonwealth where there have been legal challenges to the unconstitutional overthrow of Governments.
John Hatchard, Tunde I. Ogowewo, Commonwealth Secretariat, 2003
2
An Essay on Judicial Power and Unconstitutional Legislation: ...
Second, that documents written before the constitution were influential in framing the text and establishing the idea of judicial review.
Brinton Coxe, 2005
3
The Effect of an Unconstitutional Statute
Some have said of an unconstitutional statute that "it is an empty legislative declaration without force or vitality," 6 others have paid their compliments to legislative bodies by characterizing such an enactment as "of no more force or validity than ...
Oliver Peter Field, 1999
4
The Supreme Court and Unconstitutional Legislation
Reprint of Volume LIV, Number 2, Whole Number 133, from the series Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, edited by the Faculty of Political Science of Columbia University.
Blaine Free Moore, 1913
5
Unconstitutional Regimes and the Validity of Sovereign Debt: ...
an invalidity ab initio of the unconstitutional act and all acts based upon it. While invalidity ab initio would be one possible consequence of unconstitutionality, courts could, for example, also declare an act to be unconstitutional but decide that ...
Dr Sabine Michalowski, 2013
6
Presidential Defiance of "Unconstitutional" Laws: Reviving ...
Explores the question of whether the president may refuse to comply with those laws that he believes are unconstitutional.
Christopher N. May, 1998
7
Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Joseph Snelling, William Apess, 2013
8
Democracy Detained: Secret Unconstitutional Practices in the ...
Democracy Detained exposes the deplorable secret crimes committed by the Bush administration in their war on terror.
Barbara Olshansky, 2011
9
The AU and the challenge of unconstitutional changes of ...
Divided into four sections, this paper seeks to examine three main issues with regard to unconstitutional changes of government (UCG) in Africa.
Issaka K. Soaré, Institute for Security Studies (South Africa), 2009
10
Constitutional law and unconstitutional divinity
pi oav<c* upon Constitutional Saw. Third, — You know, that in my reply to your letter t, expressed no opinion <hat your cheeks ought to tingle with shame because you have had the effrontery to differ from Mr. Justice Curtis, It way " the ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNCONSTITUTIONAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unconstitutional is used in the context of the following news items.
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Chicago's Plan to Change Pension Benefits Ruled Unconstitutional
A judge in Chicago ruled on Friday that a plan to change city workers' pensions was unconstitutional. The case is being closely watched for its effect on the city's ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Federal judge: Minnesota sex offender program unconstitutional
A federal judge Wednesday ruled it's unconstitutional for Minnesota to keep civilly committed sex offenders locked up indefinitely, setting the stage for major ... «Minnesota Public Radio News, Jun 15»
3
Idaho's Abortion Ban Is Unconstitutional, Federal Court Says
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals says Idaho's law prohibiting abortions after 20 or more weeks of pregnancy is "unconstitutional because it categorically bans ... «NPR, May 15»
4
Judge rules Wisconsin abortion law unconstitutional
U.S. District Judge William Conley, who earlier had put the law on hold, ruled that the 2013 law is unconstitutional. He issued a permanent injunction blocking its ... «Chicago Tribune, Mar 15»
5
Egypt Court Declares Part of Election Law Unconstitutional
CAIRO—An Egyptian court on Sunday ruled as unconstitutional a clause in the election law that draws voting districts, a verdict that is almost certain to delay ... «Wall Street Journal, Mar 15»
6
South Dakota Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
A judge ruled South Dakota's gay marriage ban unconstitutional on Monday. U.S. District Court Judge Karen E. Schreier wrote that the plaintiffs in the case "have ... «Huffington Post, Jan 15»
7
District court declares Obama immigration action unconstitutional
Earlier Tuesday, a federal court in Pennsylvania declared aspects of President Obama's executive actions on immigration policy unconstitutional. According to ... «Washington Post, Dec 14»
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A State Judge Just Ruled Louisiana's Gay Marriage Ban …
Judge Edward Rubin of the 15th Judicial District Court in Louisiana ruled that state law prohibiting same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, violating the due ... «Mic, Sep 14»
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Federal judge says California's death penalty system is …
A federal judge in California called the state's death penalty system “unconstitutional” in an order issued Wednesday, excoriating the system as “arbitrary” and ... «Washington Post, Jul 14»
10
SC strikes down certain provisions of DAP as unconstitutional
(Updated 4:29 p.m.) The Supreme Court has voted unanimously to strike down as unconstitutional specific acts under the controversial Disbursement ... «GMA News, Jun 14»

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