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[ US /ˌɪˈnɑpɝəbəɫ/ ]
[ UK /ɪnˈɒpəɹəbə‍l/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. not able to perform its normal function
  2. not suitable for surgery
    metastasis has rendered the tumor inoperable

How To Use inoperable In A Sentence

  • It may also have a role in evaluation and surveillance of patients with inoperable carcinomas.
  • The Doctrine of pre-emption becomes inoperable without unimpeachable intelligence accepted by all as the coin of the realm.
  • For example, if D hires a car to P and then removes the rotor arm from it rendering it inoperable, he may be guilty of criminal damage.
  • Mikey, Mr. Czech's only son, died three years ago from complications associated with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a rare, inoperable brain cancer. Son's Death Inspires Fight Against Brain Cancer
  • A number unique to each handset can be used to identify and render stolen phones inoperable.
  • Otherwise they may be confronted with a partially built, inoperable extension and serious deterioration in the existing service.
  • Each time the gun is fired, the tube must go into detente for cartridge ejection, and the power traverse of the turret is inoperable during ejection and reloading operations.
  • How it has taken almost a month to correct whatever fault that has rendered the traffic lights at this dangerous junction inoperable is beyond me.
  • Back in the '60s the West German and U.S. governments had invested in civil infrastructure for the hospitals, but both the small hydroelectric power station and waterwheel-based potable water system had fallen into disrepair and were inoperable. Low-Tech Solutions For The Congo
  • And as groups which emphasize their military nature, they should certainly know better than to point any gun, even an inoperable one, at someone whom they're not about to justifiably shoot.
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