unenforced

adjective

un·en·forced ˌən-in-ˈfȯrst

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: not given force or carried out effectively : not enforced

an unenforced law/rule

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The arrangement that ended the July 2006 war, U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, was largely left unenforced. —

Firas Maksad, TIME, 26 Nov. 2024 Trump, during his first term in office, took a hard line against Iran and its proxies and is likely to revive that policy if back in office — tightening oil sanctions that critics say have gone unenforced during the Biden administration. —

Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024 Financial limitations and staffing constraints mean that codes and standards more often than not remain unenforced. —

Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024 But when those rules went unenforced, the Legislature turned regulations against false advertising into a state law. —

James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for unenforced