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unenacted

unenacted adjective: not enacted.

Adjective

unenacted (not comparable)

  1. Not enacted.
    • As well hale a man to court for violation of an unenacted law.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “IV. Prometheus”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 117
    • But Mr. Slater said a component of the motor-voter law designed to reach low-income people who do not drive remained largely unenacted.2008 June 15, Shaila Dewan, “Democrats’ Vote Drive in Louisiana Stirs Concern”, in New York Times

Origin of unenacted

From un- + enacted.

Questions about unenacted

What does unenacted mean?
Unenacted means not enacted.
What part of speech is unenacted?
Unenacted is an adjective.

Words near unenacted in the dictionary

  1. unemulative
  2. unemulous
  3. unemulsified
  4. unenabled
  5. unenactable
  6. unenacted
  7. unenameled
  8. unenamelled
  9. unenamored
  10. unenamour'd
  11. unenamoured

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