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unenforced

unenforced adjective: not enforced.

Adjective

unenforced (comparative more unenforced, superlative most unenforced)

  1. Not enforced.
    • Eight bills introduced in to Philadelphia City Council on Thursday would repeal laws that have become outdated and unenforced.2017 September 21, “City Council Looks To Repeal Outdated, Unenforced Laws”, in CBS News
    • As the introduction to a 2016 paper from the New York University School of Law explains: “Unenforced laws are deemed problematic because non-compliance may undermine the rule of law. […]2022 September 13, “In Our View: An unenforced law is worse than no law at all”, in The Columbian

Forms of unenforced

comparativemore unenforced
superlativemost unenforced
alternative formuninforced

Origin of unenforced

From un- + enforced.

Words formed from unenforced

Questions about unenforced

What does unenforced mean?
Unenforced means not enforced.
What part of speech is unenforced?
Unenforced is an adjective.

Words near unenforced in the dictionary

  1. unenfolded
  2. unenforcable
  3. unenforceability
  4. unenforceable
  5. unenforceably
  6. unenforced
  7. unenforcedly
  8. unenforcement
  9. unenforcibility
  10. unenforcible
  11. unenfranchised

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