The phrase is correct and usable and is the present perfect form of 'designate.' Example: The town council has not designated a new mayor.
But he is 75 and has not designated a successor.
To this day, the government has not designated any of the zakat committees.
While DuPuy has joined the management negotiating team, Selig has not designated him as the chief negotiator, as Beeston was.
A new rating firm can't get a foothold unless it has the S.E.C.'s approval, but the S.E.C., without explanation, has not designated any new rating agencies since 1992.
Mr. Karimov, who turns 70 next month, could hold on to power for some time, but he has not designated a successor or provided any means to transfer power.
Historically, the normal procedure for proxies in our building has been that a proxy voter who has not designated a proxy has his or her shares voted by the board as a whole.
Those who had not designated voting constituency by Friday were assigned randomly with equal probability into one or the other.
Moreover, most Americans have not designated a health-care proxy to speak on their behalf if illness silences their ability to do so for themselves.
The contracting officer who approved the deal, Kathleen Judson, said in a brief interview that she had not designated The New York Times as a small business.
The players have not designated a specific time that the latest strike would begin, so presumably the two sides could continue talking into Friday, reach agreement and salvage that day's games.
He had not designated a successor before his stroke, which occurred in the wee hours of Sunday morning, and that lapse also contributed to the delay in announcing the severity of his medical condition.
