Antonyms for inoperable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-op-er-uh-buh l, -op-ruh-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈɒp ər ə bəl, -ˈɒp rə bəl |
- active
- alive
- animate
- animated
- being
- believable
- complete
- connected
- continuing
- continuous
- curable
- enduring
- existent
- existing
- fixed
- flowing
- fresh
- happy
- healable
- healthful
- incomplete
- interested
- invigorated
- kept
- live
- living
- logical
- medicable
- OK
- operable
- operative
- perfect
- possible
- practicable
- practical
- probable
- rational
- realistic
- reasonable
- refreshed
- repaired
- responsive
- satisfied
- saved
- sensible
- spirited
- subsisting
- tenable
- unbroken
- unfinished
- uplifted
- viable
- warm
- whole
- wholesome
- wise
- working
Definition of inoperable
Origin :- 1856, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + operable.
- As in incurable : adj unfixable, unchangeable
- As in on the blink : adj not working continuously
- As in impractical : adj unrealistic
- As in out of order : adj not working
- As in broken : adj not working
- As in on the fritz : adj in disrepair
- As in unnegotiable : adj impracticable
- As in unusable : adj impracticable
- As in unworkable : adj impracticable
- As in dead : adj not working
- As in impractical/impracticable : adj unrealistic
- The fourth case supposes the cancer is inoperable but the child viable.
- Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
- The third case is that of an inoperable cancer and an inviable child.
- Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
- In inoperable cases benefit may follow the use of the X-rays, or of radium.
- Extract from : « Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. » by Alexander Miles
Synonyms for inoperable
- abstract
- absurd
- barren
- bonkers
- broken
- busted
- bygone
- chimerical
- coming unglued
- coming unstuck
- cureless
- deadly
- defective
- defunct
- departed
- disabled
- down
- exhausted
- extinct
- fallen apart
- fatal
- faulty
- feeble
- gone
- gone to pieces
- gone to pot
- haywire
- hopeless
- idealistic
- illogical
- immedicable
- imperfect
- impossible
- impracticable
- impractical
- improbable
- in disrepair
- in need of repair
- in the shop
- inactive
- inapplicable
- inefficacious
- infeasible
- inoperable
- inoperative
- irrealizable
- irrecoverable
- irremediable
- irreparable
- ivory-tower
- kaput
- kerflooey
- lost
- malfunctioning
- no go
- no-go
- nonfunctional
- nonviable
- not a prayer
- not functioning
- not working
- nowhere to go
- obsolete
- on the blink
- on the bum
- on the fritz
- on the shelf
- otherworldly
- out
- out of commission
- out of kilter
- out of order
- out of the question
- out of time
- out of whack
- quixotic
- remediless
- romantic
- ruined
- run-down
- screwed up
- serious
- shot
- speculative
- spent
- stagnant
- starry-eyed
- sterile
- still
- terminal
- theoretical
- tired
- unattainable
- unbusinesslike
- uncorrectable
- unemployed
- unfeasible
- unnegotiable
- unprofitable
- unreal
- unrecoverable
- unsatisfactory
- unserviceable
- unusable
- unwise
- unworkable
- useless
- vanished
- visionary
- weak
- wearied
- wild
- won't fly
- worn
- worn out
- wracked
- wrecked
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