nonenforceable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Germanic *ne

Proto-Indo-European *ís?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Germanic *ainaz

Proto-Germanic *nainaz

Proto-West Germanic *nain

Old English nān

Middle English non

▲

Old English nān

Old English nān-

Middle English non-

English non-

English enforce

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

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.