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underenforced

underenforced is the simple past and past participle of underenforce.

Meaning of underenforce

Verb

underenforce (third-person singular simple present underenforces, present participle underenforcing, simple past and past participle underenforced)

  1. (transitive) 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

Questions about underenforced

What is underenforced the simple past and past participle of?
Underenforced is the simple past and past participle of underenforce.

Words near underenforced in the dictionary

  1. underemphasizing
  2. underemployed
  3. underemployment
  4. underendowed
  5. underenforce
  6. underenforced
  7. underenforcement
  8. underenforces
  9. underenforcing
  10. underengaged
  11. underengined

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