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

Examples of unenforceable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The states also responded to briefs from the Block the Merger coalition, a group of press freedom and film organizations that has called the settlement weak and unenforceable. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

If our states’ top law enforcers do not fight this unlawful merger and reject this weak and unenforceable consent decree, who will? — Abigail Disney, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

In 1948, the Supreme Court found such covenants judicially unenforceable, but Specht explains how communities upheld them nonetheless. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

This weak deal contains nothing but unenforceable, empty Paramount promises. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unenforceable

• enforceable
• forcible

Legal Definition

unenforceable

adjective

un·​en·​force·​able

ˌən-in-ˈfȯr-sə-bəl

: not enforceable in a court

unenforceability

-ˌfȯr-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē

noun