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unenforced

/ ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːst /

adjective

  1. (of a law, decision, etc) not having been imposed or enforced

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Laws to fight bigotry continue to go unenforced.

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But when those rules went unenforced, the Legislature turned regulations against false advertising into a state law.

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Sharma, a former fire service chief in Delhi, said that one major problem is that fire regulations go unenforced.

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A few hundred are still active today, but usually unenforced; school district leaders often don’t know they’re still under desegregation orders.

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But even in the 11 states with laws on the books that specifically target domestic workers, those often go unenforced.

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