underenforce
underenforce verb: to enforce inadequately.
Verb
underenforce (third-person singular simple present underenforces, present participle underenforcing, simple past and past participle underenforced)
- To enforce inadequately.
- But effective laws, already on the books, are pitifully underenforced by the Environmental Protection Agency.2009 September 24, “How to Stop Contaminating the Water”, in The New York Times
- I don’t know if it’s underenforcing or overenforcing the law. But, at least in the data, we see that Black officers are less likely to make a drug arrest than the others.2020 June 12, Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales, “Should we defund the police?”, in Capitalisn't
underenforce meaning in Bengali
underenforce in Bengali
- অপর্যাপ্তভাবে প্রয়োগ করা
Antonyms of underenforce
Forms of underenforce
| third-person singular present | underenforces |
|---|---|
| present participle | underenforcing |
| past participle | underenforced |
| past | underenforced |
Origin of underenforce
From under- + enforce.
Questions about underenforce
- What does underenforce mean?
- Underenforce means to enforce inadequately.
- What is underenforce in Bengali?
- Underenforce in Bengali is অপর্যাপ্তভাবে প্রয়োগ করা. See Underenforce meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is underenforce?
- Underenforce is a verb.
- What is the past tense of underenforce?
- The past tense of underenforce is underenforced.
Words near underenforce in the dictionary
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