inoperable
Example Sentences
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I recently wrote about all the blight around City Hall, including the graffiti-tagged monument and fountain that has been inoperable for most of the last 60 years.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
At night, after the bookstore closed, he, sometimes with the help of friends, pushed the inoperable vehicle into the lot at Quirky and slept in it.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
New Start required the Navy to convert submarine missile tubes, making them inoperable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
But when she was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, she started losing weight and getting weaker.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
Is this headache a symptom of an inoperable brain tumor?
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
Vocabulary lists containing inoperable
I, Robot
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -able, -ible
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