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Antonyms for in operation
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : op-uh-rey-shuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒp əˈreɪ ʃən |
- apathetic
- broken
- discontinuous
- excited
- fruitless
- immobile
- impossible
- impotent
- impractical
- inactive
- incapable
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inefficient
- inexperienced
- inoperative
- intermittent
- irrational
- occasional
- passive
- unattainable
- unexciting
- unfeasible
- unfunctional
- unlikely
- unproductive
- unproficient
- unrealistic
- unreasonable
- unseasoned
- unserviceable
- unskilled
- unsound
- untrained
- unworkable
- unworking
- useless
- weak
- worthless
Definition of in operation
Origin :- late 14c., "action, performance, work," also "the performance of some science or art," from Old French operacion "operation, working, proceedings," from Latin operationem (nominative operatio) "a working, operation," from past participle stem of operari "to work, labor" (in Late Latin "to have effect, be active, cause"), from opera "work, effort," related to opus (genitive operis) "a work" (see opus). The surgical sense is first attested 1590s. Military sense of "series of movements and acts" is from 1749.
- As in operative : adj active, functioning; influential
- As in practical : adj realistic, useful
- As in running : adj continuous, flowing, operating
- As in effective : adj in use at the time
Synonyms for in operation
- accessible
- active
- actual
- alive
- applied
- both feet on the ground
- businesslike
- commonsensical
- constant
- constructive
- crucial
- current
- cursive
- direct
- doable
- down-to-earth
- dynamic
- easy
- effective
- efficient
- effortless
- empirical
- employable
- executing
- experimental
- factual
- feasible
- fluent
- functional
- functioning
- going
- handy
- hard-boiled
- implicit
- important
- in action
- in effect
- in execution
- in force
- in operation
- in succession
- incessant
- indicative
- key
- live
- matter-of-fact
- moving
- nuts and bolts
- open
- operational
- operative
- orderly
- perpetual
- possible
- practicable
- pragmatic
- proceeding
- producing
- rational
- real
- reasonable
- relevant
- running
- sane
- sensible
- serviceable
- significant
- smooth
- sober
- solid
- sound
- standing
- systematic
- together
- unbroken
- unceasing
- unidealistic
- uninterrupted
- unromantic
- usable
- utile
- utilitarian
- virtual
- workable
- workaday
- working
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