What does inoperative mean?
Inoperative means Not working or functioning; either idle or broken..
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/ɪnˈɒp(ə)ɹətɪv/ · adjective
Not working or functioning; either idle or broken..
Let me see if I can dial this number right quick / "I am sorry, the government you have elected is inoperative / Click. Inoperative"
RSSB's report, released on September 23 2004, revealed that that the parking brakes on neither trolley had applied. It also revealed how the fixed piping carrying hydraulic pressure to the brake units on both had been severed and blanked off. This meant the parking brakes would not have been able to be released from the RRV. Washers to provide a clamping force to keep the parking brakes on were also missing, rendering them "completely inoperative".
Use inoperative when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Inoperative means Not working or functioning; either idle or broken..
Common synonyms include dead, defunct, down.
Possible antonyms include operative.
Let me see if I can dial this number right quick / "I am sorry, the government you have elected is inoperative / Click. Inoperative"
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