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Recent Examples of nonoperational
The freezing of child-care money, as well as FBI Director Kash Patel's Sunday announcement of a surge of federal agents to Minnesota, followed a viral video posted over the weekend by a conservative influencer that purported to show nonoperational child-care facilities that received federal funds.
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Justin Papp, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
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
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
Justin Papp, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonoperational
Adjective
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The Info menu indicates the right rear sensor is inoperative.—
John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast,
Hartford Courant,
10 Jan. 2026
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The agency has also probed 2021 Tesla Model Y vehicles after reports of exterior door handles becoming inoperative due to low battery voltage, leading to instances of children stuck inside vehicles.—
Andrea Guzmán,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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When heading out to look for lamps, take a lightbulb along to test them in-store, but also consider rewiring nonfunctional pieces.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
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Much of it eventually became nonfunctional.—
Matt Randolph,
Forbes.com,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Drivers say their contract issues center on pay as well as safety issues, including nonfunctioning heaters, loudspeakers and windshield wipers.—
Zaz Hollander,
Anchorage Daily News,
4 Feb. 2023
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In 2020, the state of Virginia passed some bills limiting pretextual traffic stops—for example, when police spot nonfunctioning brake or tail lights or hear an overly loud exhaust system.—
Michael Tomasky,
The New Republic,
30 Jan. 2023
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State election officials keep inactive names on hand to be able to catch people trying to register to vote under a dead person's name, for example, or to flag a person registering in two different states.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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In upholding Sjostrom’s ruling on the non-resident petition gatherers issue, the appeals court offered similar reasoning as in its decision about the inactive-voters issue.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2026
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Services range from nonoperative treatment options and minimally invasive outpatient surgery to complex and life-enhancing surgical procedures, according to Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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In many cases, similar or better results can be achieved using options including multidisciplinary care that includes an expert nonoperative physician, physical therapy and lifestyle interventions.—
Greg Licholai,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2022
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Customers are also digging through the drawers for scrap gold and unwanted or broken jewelry.—
Vanessa Yurkevich,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Is this a buying opportunity or a broken narrative?—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Debt and other nonoperating municipal costs would rise from $24.6 million to $26.5 million.—
Jesse Leavenworth,
courant.com,
9 Mar. 2021
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Our research, published in the Journal of Finance, shows that in 2012 these corporations managed a combined portfolio of $1.6 trillion of nonoperating financial assets.—
Thomas Gilbert and,
WSJ,
23 Aug. 2018
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“Nonoperational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonoperational. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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