‘has been flouted’ is correct and usable in written English.
It is a verb phrase often used to refer to an action or rule that has been ignored or disregarded. For example, "The new safety regulations have been flouted by many workers."
Over the years since it was adopted, it has been flouted millions of times.
But in the rush to understand and report the death of Robin Williams, even that basic rule has been flouted.
In more recent times, the popes have had no civil power outside the 110 acres of Vatican City, no military at all, and even their moral authority has been flouted by legions of the faithful).
In his letter, dated 14 October and issued through his lawyers, former world rally champion Vatanen complained that the "principle of neutrality has been flouted constantly by the FIA".
Meanwhile, mass graves and streets littered with bodies have been discovered in the strategic town of Bor, which has changed hands four times in the conflict.Much-heralded negotiations in neighbouring Ethiopia have so far brought only a hollow ceasefire that has been flouted continually.
Nevertheless, such cases will always be rare because gathering evidence and mounting a prosecution against crimes in another country is difficult, expensive and politically risky.Bloody, but not lawlessThis is one reason why over the past 50 years humanitarian law has been flouted even more blatantly than international human-rights law.
But the Iranian fleet has been flouting safety rules and turning its beacons off since April, according to the IEA, allowing vessels to make clandestine port visits and mid-ocean oil transfers.Even if it could spot illicit transactions, America might still choose to ignore them.
The outrageously talented Lisa Yuskavage has been flouting and exalting figurative painting for nearly two decades, in luminous, color-soaked scenes of female nudes that are equal parts kitsch (imagine a Hummel figurine posing for Penthouse) and Old Master (art critics drop names from Vermeer to Pontormo).
By Andrea K. Scott The outrageously talented Lisa Yuskavage has been flouting and exalting figurative painting for nearly two decades, in luminous, color-soaked scenes of female nudes that are equal parts kitsch (imagine a Hummel figurine posing for Penthouse and Old Masterr (art critics drop names from Vermeer to Pontormo).
