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Inoperative

Inoperative Meaning & Definition
Inoperative Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inoperative?

[adj] not operating; "an inoperative law"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inoperative: dead | defunct | down

Related Terms | Find terms related to Inoperative: barren | bootless | broken | counterproductive | effete | empty | etiolated | fatuitous | fatuous | feckless | fruitless | functionless | futile | haywire | in disrepair | inadequate | inane | inapplicable | ineffective | ineffectual | inefficacious | inoperable | invalid | nonfunctional | nonutilitarian | nugacious | nugatory | of no force | on the blink | on the fritz | otiose | out of commission | out of condition | out of gear | out of joint | out of kelter | out of kilter | out of order | out of repair | out of tune | out of whack | sterile | unavailing | unconducive | unemployable | unfit | unhelpful | unsuitable | unusable | unworkable | useless | vain

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Inoperative In Webster's Dictionary

\In*op"er*a*tive\, a. [Pref. in- not + operative.] Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

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