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View definitions for inoperative

inoperative

adjective as in ineffectual

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Then the piece of fuselage covering an inoperative emergency exit behind the left wing blew out.

This results in low-density impellers, which “can deform and interfere with the fuel pump body” over time, regulators said, leading to an inoperative fuel pump.

Meanwhile, the inoperative GOP House majority has been called a "clown show" and dysfunctional by some of its own members.

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More than 30 officers were killed from January to June, and more than 400 police facilities are inoperative because of criminal attacks, according to Human Rights Watch.

Twitter's legal page was inoperative, which delayed the government from serving Twitter through its website until two days later, according to the documents.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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