unenacted

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adjective

Not enacted.

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Meanings

adjectiveunenacted (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot enacted.

    As well hale a man to court for violation of an unenacted law.

    1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “IV. Prometheus”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 117
    1 more example

    But Mr. Slater said a component of the motor-voter law designed to reach low-income people who do not drive remained largely unenacted.

    2008 June 15, Shaila Dewan, “Democrats’ Vote Drive in Louisiana Stirs Concern”, in New York Times

Origin

From un- + enacted.

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Cite this entry
APA

unenacted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unenacted

MLA

“unenacted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unenacted. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unenacted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unenacted.

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