Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
nonappointive is an adjective meaning "filled by popular election rather than by appointment". It carries one recorded sense.
filled by popular election rather than by appointment
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for nonappointive come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.