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inoperative

/ɪnˈɒp(ə)ɹətɪv//ɪnˈɑp(ə)ɹətɪv/

inoperative adjective: not working or functioning; either idle or broken.

Adjective

inoperative (not comparable)

  1. Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
    • Let me see if I can dial this number right quick / "I am sorry, the government you have elected is inoperative / Click. Inoperative"1974, “H2Ogate Blues”, in Winter in America, performed by Gil Scott-Heron
    • RSSB's report, released on September 23 2004, revealed that that the parking brakes on neither trolley had applied. It also revealed how the fixed piping carrying hydraulic pressure to the brake units on both had been severed and blanked off. This meant the parking brakes would not have been able...2024 February 7, Greg Morse, “Tebay tragedy and track safety”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 41
  2. No longer legally binding.

inoperative meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

inoperative in Tamil

இயக்கமற்ற, செயற்படாத பயன்படுத்தப்படாது போதல், செயலற்ற

inoperative in Marathi

inoperative, non-functional, or out of order
निकामी nikāmī

inoperative in Urdu

بےاثر, بیکار, غیرعامل, ناکارہ

inoperative in Bengali

অকার্যকর, অচল, বলবৎ নয় এমন
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inoperative in Malayalam
പ്രവർത്തനസാദ്ധ്യമല്ലാത്ത, പ്രവർത്തനക്ഷമമല്ലാത്ത, ശരിയായി പ്രവർത്തിക്കാത്ത, തകർന്ന
inoperative in Kannada
ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಿಯ, ಕಾರ್ಯಕಾರಿಯಲ್ಲದ, ಪರಿಣಾಮಕಾರಿಯಲ್ಲದ, ಜಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿಲ್ಲದ

Origin of inoperative

From in- + operative.

Words formed from inoperative

Questions about inoperative

What does inoperative mean?
Inoperative means not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
What is inoperative in Tamil?
Inoperative in Tamil is இயக்கமற்ற, செயற்படாத பயன்படுத்தப்படாது போதல், செயலற்ற. See Inoperative meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is inoperative?
Inoperative is an adjective.
How do you pronounce inoperative?
Inoperative is pronounced /ɪnˈɒp(ə)ɹətɪv/ (UK).

Words near inoperative in the dictionary

  1. inoperably
  2. inoperancy
  3. inoperant
  4. inoperation
  5. inoperational
  6. inoperative
  7. inoperativeness
  8. inopercular
  9. inoperculate
  10. inoperculates
  11. inopinable

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inoperative (page history and authors); inoperative (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); निकामी (Marathi) (page history and authors); inoperative (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inoperative (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inoperative (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); inoperative (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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