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inoperative

[ in-op-er-uh-tiv, -op-ruh-tiv, -op-uh-rey-tiv ]

adjective

  1. not operative; not in operation.
  2. without effect:

    inoperative remedies.

  3. no longer in effect; void; canceled:

    The earlier rule is now inoperative.



inoperative

/ -ˈɒprə-; ɪnˈɒpərətɪv /

adjective

  1. not operating
  2. useless or ineffective


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Derived Forms

  • inˈoperativeness, noun

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Other Words From

  • in·oper·a·tive·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of inoperative1

First recorded in 1625–35; in- 3 + operative

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Example Sentences

That means the 2010 measure approved by all five San Diego County supervisors has been inoperative – a vestigial organ, essentially – ever since.

It’s acronym, CTC, reminds me of the inoperative Central de Trabajadores de Cuba.

Unlike Goldberg, the rabbinic sages were acutely aware of the danger of such a command and thus made it largely inoperative.

Or, as we say in Washington, “My prior statement is inoperative.”

Generally, the country raised more corn than it consumed—a sufficient cause for rendering protection inoperative.

Such a strange construction would render constitutional provisions of the highest importance completely inoperative and void.

There are plenty of laws now aiming at regulation of the trusts, but they are quite futile and inoperative.

The section would be inoperative without the action of Congress.

Among adult animals, however, selfishness seems to become inoperative in the care they take of their offspring.

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