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inoperable
adjective as in not operable or practicable
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Example Sentences
In the middle of harvest season, some agricultural machinery has been rendered inoperable without fuel, with the shortages having struck daily life outside the capital several weeks earlier.
It is also scrambling to raise funds for replacement parts from abroad, since so much equipment has been made inoperable by the strikes.
The Gaza Power Plant has been inoperable due to a lack of fuel, and solar facilities have suffered widespread damage.
State investigators, the lawsuit alleges, found that the grass was brown, weeds and dirt covered markers and water spigots were inoperable.
The outlets in his dormitory were inoperable, and because of the overcrowding and short-staffing, guards couldn’t take him to another area to plug them in, said his fiancee, Mildred Pierre.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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