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unoperating

unoperating adjective: not in operation.

Adjective

unoperating (not comparable)

  1. Not in operation.
    • They were lured inside the "playhouse" with their favorite animated cartoons. Then the door was shut, ending the movie and leaving the child in the silent, black confinement of a simulated, unoperating refrigerator. The results were sometimes ominous. Many of the 2- and 3-year-old children made no...1971, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Hearings, page 840

Origin of unoperating

From un- + operating.

Questions about unoperating

What does unoperating mean?
Unoperating means not in operation.
What part of speech is unoperating?
Unoperating is an adjective.

Words near unoperating in the dictionary

  1. unopenly
  2. unopenness
  3. unoperable
  4. unoperated
  5. unoperatic
  6. unoperating
  7. unoperationalized
  8. unoperative
  9. unoperculate
  10. unoperculated
  11. unopined

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