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unenforceable

[ US /ˌənɛnˈfɔɹsəbəɫ/ ]
[ UK /ˌʌnɛnfˈɔːsəbə‍l/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. not enforceable; not capable of being brought about by compulsion
    an unenforceable law
    unenforceable reforms

How To Use unenforceable In A Sentence

  • This has rendered virtually unenforceable the few remaining rules intended to further grand jury independence.
  • If an agreement of this general kind is held to be contrary to public policy, it may be unenforceable.
  • Sabbatarianism, with the Lord's Day Alliance, a Canadian invention, in the van; then the gradual tightening of the laws against sexual irregularity, with the unenforceable New York Adultery Act as a typical product; and lastly, the general ploughing up and emotional discussion of sexual matters, with compulsory instruction in "sex hygiene" as its mildest manifestation and the mediaeval fury of the vice crusade as its worst. A Book of Prefaces
  • It was always unenforceable in practice and this is simply an admission of that. Times, Sunday Times
  • Inc. the sum of thirteen hun - dred and seventy-eight dollars and eighty cents for materials furnished by it to said city, the claim for such sum being legally unenforceable by reason of the failure of said city to invite bids for such materials pur - suant to law. Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
  • Another student said that the new rules are unenforceable because the entire student section would get ejected.
  • A guarantee of a minor's contractual obligation is also enforceable against the guarantor even if the infant's contractual obligation is unenforceable.
  • Participating mortgages, formerly thought to be unenforceable, can now be used.
  • Leaving aside the weakness of the language -- it does little more than tweak the verbiage of the Senate bill -- the order is nonbinding, unenforceable, and changeable or rescindable at will by whoever occupies the White House. Ten Reasons
  • unenforceable reforms
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