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Synonyms for inoperative


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-op-er-uh-tiv, -op-ruh-tiv, -op-uh-rey-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈɒp ər ə tɪv, -ˈɒp rə tɪv, -ˈɒp əˌreɪ tɪv



Définition of inoperative

Origin :
  • 1630s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + operative.
  • adj ineffectual
Example sentences :
  • As a craft stands on the ground, its planes are inoperative.
  • Extract from : « Learning to Fly » by Claude Grahame-White
  • They were saluted with a volley of musketry, all but inoperative.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Battles » by Edward Lamplough
  • If these sections do not bind the Crown they are meaningless and inoperative.
  • Extract from : « The Treaty of Waitangi » by T. Lindsay Buick
  • In some cases they restrain individuals; upon the aggregate they are inoperative.
  • Extract from : « The History of Prostitution » by William W. Sanger
  • If it stands still in the air its planes are inoperative, and it falls.
  • Extract from : « The Aeroplane » by Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper
  • If the mainspring is bad or inoperative, break it, and choose another.
  • Extract from : « Harmonies of Political Economy » by Frdric Bastiat
  • The only things left, then, were the inoperative ideas of States.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 » by Various
  • Any manual controls would be inoperative by the pilot in any case.
  • Extract from : « What Need of Man? » by Harold Calin
  • Like the previous legislation, however, the act of 1872 was inoperative.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 » by Various
  • Intention may be inoperative, and effect may be involuntary.
  • Extract from : « Balzac » by Frederick Lawton

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