nonenforceable

nonenforceable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English non-
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 nonenforceable

    From non- + enforceable.

    Adjective

    nonenforceable (not comparable)

    1. (law or rare) Not enforceable; not able to be enforced; unenforcible.
      • 1971, “Demand”, in Body Politic, number 1, page 4:
        This amendment was merely a recognition of the nonenforceable nature of the Criminal Code as it existed.
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