unenforced
Britishadjective
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Sharma, a former fire service chief in Delhi, said that one major problem is that fire regulations go unenforced.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2024
As Better Markets put it, an unenforced DPA is nothing but “a farce and a fraud on the public.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
The court verdict is unenforced: Mengistu lives free in Zimbabwe.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2022
Some involve bans that have been on the books, unenforced, for generations.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2022
The Dauntless have rules against attacking someone like that, but with people like Eric in charge, I suspect those rules go unenforced.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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