unenforced

adjective

un·en·forced ˌən-in-ˈfȯrst

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: not given force or carried out effectively : not enforced

an unenforced law/rule

Examples of unenforced in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But binding guarantees—in contrast to the unenforced Budapest memorandum of 1994, which Russia first violated in 2014 by seizing Crimea—would furnish all sides with a solution to the essential problem of Ukraine’s security. —

Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2022 By the 1960s, laws criminalizing contraception often went unenforced, which posed a problem for activists looking to challenge them. —

Jill Filipovic, TIME, 20 May 2024 Justice Thomas has accepted dozens of gifts, likely amounting to millions of dollars, for over two decades without disclosing them—a previously unenforced legality for Supreme Court justices. —

Paige Hagy, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023 The executive order calls for mandatory baseline standards for all federal contractors to replace the patchwork of inconsistent and unenforced agency-specific policies that exist today. —

Eric Noonan, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for unenforced

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