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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are flouted" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that rules, laws, or norms are being disregarded or violated.
Example: "In many societies, environmental regulations are flouted by large corporations seeking profit."
Alternatives: "are ignored" or "are violated".
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Other traffic rules are flouted with seeming impunity.
"Child labor and minimum wage laws are flouted," Mr. Estabrook writes.
When laws are flouted, it breeds distrust in government and resentment in the social order.
Rules are flouted and not flaunted, at least in the case mentioned in the above article.
But we cannot look the other way while international law and human rights are flouted.
But whatever the reasons, these early-20th-century galleries attest to the visual richness that can result when boundaries are flouted.
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But some candidates are flouting this advice.
But Laidlaw complains that competitors are flouting the rules.
"An estimated 1.4 million drivers are flouting the law by driving without insurance.
Kay Boycott at Shelter says: "There are still some landlords out there who are flouting these rules".
Now Republican leaders and presidential candidates are flouting the idea of central-bank independence.
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