nonunanimous
Lacking full agreement
Nonunanimous describes a decision or vote that lacks complete agreement—some but not all parties concur: a nonunanimous jury verdict, The ruling was nonunanimous, with two justices dissenting.
The word appears most often in legal contexts, where unanimous decisions carry different weight than split ones.
Disagreement with authority
- holdoutOne refusing to participate
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- outlierDistant data point
faction · bloc · splinter · breakaway · exception · reservation · demurral · abstention
Separation into parts
- dividedSeparated into portions
- fracturedSplit or splintered
- contestedArgued against, disputed
- disputedArgued over, unresolved
dissenting · opposing · disagreeing · conflicting · discordant · at odds · polarized · divergent
Unanimous verdict impossible
- mistrialInvalid court proceeding
- split decisionNon-unanimous judicial outcome
- majority opinionPosition most hold
- pluralityLargest share among several
concurrence · conditional approval · tiebreaker · swing vote · recount
dissent
Disagreement with authority
- holdoutOne refusing to participate
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
outlier · faction · bloc · splinter · breakaway · exception · reservation · demurral · abstention · nay
split
Separation into parts
disputed · dissenting · opposing · disagreeing · conflicting · discordant · at odds · polarized · divergent · inconclusive
hung jury
Unanimous verdict impossible
- mistrialInvalid court proceeding
- split decisionNon-unanimous judicial outcome
- majority opinionPosition most hold
plurality · concurrence · conditional approval · tiebreaker · swing vote · recount
nonunanimousunanimous
Complete agreement among all
undivided · united · of one mind · consensual · with one voice
animation, animate, unanimous, equanimity, animus, magnanimous, unanimity, pusillanimous