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unenforceable

[uhn-en-fawrs-uh-buhl, -fohrs-] / ˌʌn ɛnˈfɔrs ə bəl, -ˈfoʊrs- /


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He views Ellison’s pledge to make 30 movies a year post-merger as insufficient and unenforceable once the transaction closes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

After Tuesday, “these kinds of regulations become unenforceable if the healthcare provider risks harming patients with their speech.”

From Slate Mar. 31, 2026

The ban was not backed by a formal law, which made it weak and potentially unenforceable, said Farai Maguwu, director of the mining watchdog Centre for Natural Resource Governance.

From Barron's Mar. 26, 2026

What he wants is a chance to argue to a judge that the city’s speech rules are unenforceable, so he “may return to the amphitheater to speak without fear of further punishment,” Justice Kagan writes.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

We then disembodied plaintiffs’ claims in judicially manageable or judicially enforceable terms, unenforceable without more lawyers.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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