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unenforceable

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


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What she’s targeting is the lawless underlying subpoena, saying it was unenforceable to begin with.

From Slate May 18, 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

The Transportation Department kicked off the 2025 holiday travel season with an admittedly unenforceable civility campaign aimed at bringing back “courtesy and class to air travel.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2026

Contracts are unenforceable and production leaks into black markets.

From MarketWatch Jan. 8, 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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