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- adjective Resistant to enforcement.
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- adjective not enforceable; not capable of being brought about by compulsion
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Examples
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As Governor Schwarzenegger recently demonstrated, governments "cannot afford to expend limited resources" enforcing what some call unenforceable laws.
Daniel Hernandez: Marijuana Rights Groups Prepared for Serious Highs and Lows Daniel Hernandez 2010
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As Governor Schwarzenegger recently demonstrated, governments "cannot afford to expend limited resources" enforcing what some call unenforceable laws.
Daniel Hernandez: Marijuana Rights Groups Prepared for Serious Highs and Lows Daniel Hernandez 2010
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But at first glance it appears to be largely unenforceable, that is until you show up at a hospital somewhere needing treatment.
Obama & Democrats Give Americans a Healthcare Con Job for Christmas 2009
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But at first glance it appears to be largely unenforceable, that is until you show up at a hospital somewhere needing treatment.
Obama & Democrats Give Americans a Healthcare Con Job for Christmas 2009
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But critics have said she is asking for the enforcement of a law that she has previously called unenforceable, attempting to undermine her reputation as a fair, impartial election overseer.
Cleveland Scene DAMIAN GUEVARA 2010
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But critics have said she is asking for the enforcement of a law that she has previously called unenforceable, attempting to undermine her reputation as a fair, impartial election overseer.
Cleveland Scene DAMIAN GUEVARA 2010
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On Thursday, a blog article on The Wall Street Journal's Web site cited a Treasury source saying the policy is "unenforceable" and is likely to be ditched before 2013.
Cameron Stands by Plan to Cut Welfare Laurence Norman 2010
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Mostyn has argued in court that prenups were "unenforceable" and said the contract would have been "universally condemned as grossly unfair" if his client had been a woman.
Landmark ruling for prenups in battle of multimillionaire heiress and her ex Paul Gallagher 2010
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Well: machinery is one part that anyone in her/his right mind should adjudge "unenforceable," if it's just only so much a matter of our survival.
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What kind of unenforceable nonsense is this? posted by MN Politics Guru @ 17:34
Archive 2006-01-01 MN Politics Guru 2006
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