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
- 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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