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Meaning of desuetudinous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Of or pertaining to desuetude; of a law or statute, no longer observed, practiced or enforced.

not-comparable

Examples

“though a statute banning unmarried partners from co-habiting was widely thought to be desueditudinous (the doctrinal equivalent of "blue"), and thus "merely symbolic", some local district attorneys relied on it quite heavily”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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