nonoperational

adjective

non·​op·​er·​a·​tion·​al ˌnän-ˌä-pə-ˈrā-shnəl 

-shə-nᵊl

: not operational: such as

a

: not functional or ready for use

a nonoperational clock

b

: not of or relating to the operation of a business or machine

Layoffs were limited to nonoperational positions.

nonoperational expenses

Examples of nonoperational in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Once the nonoperational car battery has successfully been revived, remove the cables in the reverse order of original placement and drive the vehicle so the alternator can help return the battery to optimal power. —Charles Singh, USA Today, 2 Dec. 2025

Attempt to start the engine of the nonoperational vehicle. —Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Oct. 2025

While 2022 saw the opening or reactivation of 40 coal mines, 151 mines closed or were nonoperational that same year, an 18% decline from the year before. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025

Assets are nonoperational, or have been disposed of, and leadership teams just don’t know. —Rohit Prakash, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025

While Russia's surface fleet of ships is less impressive and counts just one currently nonoperational aircraft carrier among its ships, the Kremlin wields a daunting undersea fleet. —Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025

Retiring satellites are moved some 300 km above GEO to ensure that the valuable orbit doesn’t get filled up with nonoperational satellites that could collide with others and create space debris. —Gordon Roesler, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nonoperational

• associational
• civilizational
• coeducational
• configurational
• consociational
• denominational
• improvisational
• investigational
• organizational
• orientational
• preoperational
• representational