unenforceable
adjective
un·en·force·able
ˌən-in-ˈfȯr-sə-bəl 
-en-
: unable to be enforced : not enforceable
an unenforceable law/contract
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Therefore, the plea deal’s terms—including the waiver—were unenforceable.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 May 2025
Scores of existing orders would be unenforceable, such as the national injunction prohibiting Trump from eviscerating the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship and a temporary restraining order that Harvard just won to protect some 6,800 foreign students.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
The legal issue is that South Carolina claims that the federal law allowing Medicaid patients to choose their health providers is virtually unenforceable.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 25 Mar. 2025
Trump also has signed an executive order, likely unenforceable, that targets federal funding of EV charging infrastructure.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 May 2025
Scores of existing orders would be unenforceable, such as the national injunction prohibiting Trump from eviscerating the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship and a temporary restraining order that Harvard just won to protect some 6,800 foreign students.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
The legal issue is that South Carolina claims that the federal law allowing Medicaid patients to choose their health providers is virtually unenforceable.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 25 Mar. 2025
Trump also has signed an executive order, likely unenforceable, that targets federal funding of EV charging infrastructure.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Unenforceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unenforceable. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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