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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.

In 1974, psychologist Herbert Freudenberger was the first to identify the burnout syndrome: Due to excessive demands on energy, strength and resources, a person becomes overwhelmed, exhausted and “inoperative.”

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The fire began around 9 p.m. when a Jeep Wrangler being used to push the mostly inoperative vehicles up steep ramps of the 12-level ship caught fire, causing a port worker to jump out the driver’s door and run for portable fire extinguishers that quickly proved inadequate.

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

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