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INOPERATIVE

\ɪnˈɒpəɹətˌɪv], \ɪnˈɒpəɹətˌɪv], \ɪ_n_ˈɒ_p_ə_ɹ_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\

Definitions of INOPERATIVE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary

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Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Not active; not capable of acting; producing no result.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

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