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unenforceable

adjective/ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːsəbl/

B2CEFR level
50/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Of an agreement, valid but incapable of being enforced through the courts.

The guarantee was unenforceable for want of writing under the Statute of Frauds.

Topic: Legal drafting in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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