adj
Meaning 1
Unable to be enforced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: enforceable
Standard Lemma guide
unenforceable
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CMU ARPABET: AH2 N EH0 N F AO1 R S AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective
Meaning 2
not enforceable; not capable of being brought about by compulsion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an unenforceable law
- unenforceable reforms
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: enforceable
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English enforce Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English enforceable English unenforceable From un- + enforceable.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: onuitvoerbaar — Translations
- Dutch: niet afdwingbaar — Translations
- Finnish: toimeenpanokelvoton — Translations
- French: inexécutable — Translations
- French: inapplicable — Translations
- Polish: nieegzekwowalny — Translations
- Polish: nieściągalny — Translations
- Polish: niewykonalny — Translations