unenforced
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- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪnˈfɔrst/
:
no aplicado
- Problems with respect to inadequate or unenforced intellectual property regimes were reflected in losses to U.S. industry.
- unenforced laws
- unenforced policies
- largely unenforced
And remember, we can't pick enforcement as our criteria because laws are often unenforced.
- And remember, we can't pick enforcement as our criteria because laws are often unenforced.
Examples
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The law will remain unenforced until the resolution of the court case.
Blog text (18) -
Unenforced law is an invitation to anarchy.
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If not, then it's clear this clause is unenforced.
Blog text (19) -
The skill and experience are poor, the cars are in bad condition, the laws are unenforced, and the punishment is too lenient.
Blog text (22) -
By claiming the power to allow entire laws to go unenforced, the Administration has effectively suspended laws with which he disagrees.
Blog text (18) -
The result here is that an existing federal law is left unenforced because of an administration's decision that it doesn't like it.
Blog text (12) -
These domestic workers are working without contracts in unregulated and unenforced workplaces.
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In poor suburbs and unincorporated districts, as well as in the city itself, regulations were few and often unenforced.
Academic text (1994) -
In many places (probably most in the Third World), national law is poorly understood and largely unenforced at best, completely corrupt or meaningless at worst.
Blog text (24) -
Many environmental regulations remain unenforced, leading to increased pollution in the area.
Synonyms
Not carried out or finished, for example a contract not signed
Not done or put into action
Antonyms
How Enforced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unenforced begins with un- meaning 'not' and the part enforce, which comes from force and means 'to make a rule work' or 'use power'. So unenforced describes a law or rule that is not applied or carried out.