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Webster 1828 Edition


Inoperative

INOP'ERATIVE

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Adj.
[in and operative.] Not operative; not active; having no operation; producing no effect; as laws rendered inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies.

Definition 2024


inoperative

inoperative

English

Adjective

inoperative (not comparable)

  1. not working or functioning; either idle or broken
  2. (law) No longer legally binding

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