Definition of unenforced
: not given force or carried out effectively : not enforced
- an unenforced law/rule
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Orlando attorney Peter McGrath, who represents Orange Tree Village Condominiums, said Brady is a sympathetic figure but the association’s animal restrictions become meaningless if left unenforced.
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Most of the data rights enshrined under GDPR were already established in the EU, but went unenforced. GDPR standardizes data rights across all EU countries, empowering regulators with the same big stick and sharper teeth.
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The United Nations Security Council renewed calls on Wednesday to implement a 30-day cease-fire across Syria after a resolution to deliver humanitarian aid during that period remained unenforced.
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Alaska law limits contributions to independent political groups, but goes unenforced because of Citizens United.
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The law went unenforced against tech companies until a local newspaper, The Stranger, published a story in December in the wake of the Russia allegations asking why.
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Such antipoaching and antitrafficking laws as do exist frequently go unenforced.
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The phenomenon was pervasive two decades ago, when the law was largely unenforced, Caplan said, but remains a problem from California to Virginia.
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That assessment included unenforced workers’ rights.
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First Known Use of unenforced
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