Sentence examples for dead letter from inspiring English sources

"dead letter" is a valid and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is usually used to refer to something that is no longer in use, a standard that is no longer followed, or something that is unenforceable. For example, "The law was declared a dead letter and forgotten."

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dead letter

noun

An item of mail that cannot be delivered to its intended recipient; after some time it is returned to the sender, or destroyed

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It became a dead letter in January.

Democracy becomes a dead letter.

It is not a dead letter.

The latter turned out to be a dead letter.

First, the majority's opinion renders Janus a dead letter.

Schengen is close to being a dead letter.

And, in many places, enforcement is almost a dead letter.

Besides, the boycott is effectively a dead letter.

The NEC became a dead letter; conference became a shell.

But I'm confident that the law is becoming a dead letter.

The Russians & E. Germans have made a dead letter ofmany parts of the Berlin agreements.

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