unenforceable
adjective
un·en·force·able
ˌən-in-ˈfȯr-sə-bəl 
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: unable to be enforced : not enforceable
an unenforceable law/contract
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The problem is that the obligations of public benefit corporations are, for all practical purposes, unenforceable.
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Kelsey Piper, Vox, 25 Apr. 2025
To recover a more handsome sum, says MacMahon, Delta and other customers would have to convince a court that the clause is inherently unfair and therefore unenforceable, or otherwise argue that CrowdStrike had in some way committed fraud.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024
In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down such restrictions in Shelley v. Kraemer as unenforceable.
—Calvin Schermerhorn, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025
And that depended, in part, on the fact that noncompete clauses were unenforceable in California.
—James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
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Kelsey Piper, Vox, 25 Apr. 2025
To recover a more handsome sum, says MacMahon, Delta and other customers would have to convince a court that the clause is inherently unfair and therefore unenforceable, or otherwise argue that CrowdStrike had in some way committed fraud.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024
In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down such restrictions in Shelley v. Kraemer as unenforceable.
—Calvin Schermerhorn, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025
And that depended, in part, on the fact that noncompete clauses were unenforceable in California.
—James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Unenforceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unenforceable. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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