Underenforce

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To enforce inadequately. transitive

    "But effective laws, already on the books, are pitifully underenforced by the Environmental Protection Agency."

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"But effective laws, already on the books, are pitifully underenforced by the Environmental Protection Agency."

Etymology

From under- + enforce.

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