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1
not being in a state of use, activity, or employment
- be careful when putting your hands in even an inoperative garbage disposal
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2
not being in working order
- looking for an expert to fix the inoperative grandfather clock
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- down,
- inoperable,
- kaput
- (also kaputt),
- malfunctioning,
- nonfunctional,
- nonfunctioning,
- nonoperating
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- effective,
- effectual,
- employable,
- performing,
- producing,
- productive,
- serving,
- usable
- (also useable),
- useful,
- viable,
- workable
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3
having no legal or binding force
- the decision of the state's supreme court has rendered the law inoperative
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The first known use of inoperative was circa 1631
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