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Meaning of underenforce | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To enforce inadequately.

transitive

Examples

“But effective laws, already on the books, are pitifully underenforced by the Environmental Protection Agency.”
“I don’t know⟳ if it’s underenforcing or overenforcing the law. But, at least in the data, we see⟳ that Black officers are less likely to make⟳ a drug arrest than the others.”

CEFR level

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

underenforced underenforces underenforcing underequip underequipping underequips

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