Meanings
comparative more unenforceable · superlative most unenforceable · alternative unenforcible
- Unable to be enforced.
A California law that ensures many gig workers are considered independent contractors, while affording them some limited benefits, is unconstitutional and unenforceable, a California Superior Court judge ruled Friday evening.
2021 August 20, Kate Conger, “California’s Gig Worker Law Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules”, in The New York TimesAntonyms: enforceable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveUnable to be enforced.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot enforceable; not capable of being brought about by compulsion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishenforce
- Englishenforceable
- Englishunenforceable
From un- + enforceable.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch onuitvoerbaar, niet afdwingbaar
- onuitvoerbaarTranslations
- niet afdwingbaarTranslations
Finnish toimeenpanokelvoton
- toimeenpanokelvotonTranslations
French inexécutable, inapplicable
- inexécutableTranslations
- inapplicableTranslations
Polish nieegzekwowalny, nieściągalny
- nieegzekwowalnyTranslations
- nieściągalnyTranslations
- niewykonalnyTranslations
Cite this entry
unenforceable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unenforceable
“unenforceable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unenforceable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unenforceable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unenforceable.
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